O(n^2) is bad - can it be fixed?

[Ben Wolfson]

In article <7i8zjog2tn.fsf at enark.csis.hku.hk>, "Isaac To Kar Keung"
<kkto at csis.hku.hk> wrote:

> if like_off_topic:
[snip] 
>     The Chinese naming system is not really complicated.  In many
>     countries multiple first and last names, parts of them inherits from
>     the names of other family members.
      
      if really_like_off_topic:

          F'rinstance, some Spanish-speaking countries.  It annoys me
          greatly when bookstores file books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
          under the 'M's instead of 'G's.

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