Case-insensitive string comparison

[Avner Ben]

"Alex Martelli" <aleax at aleax.it> wrote in message
news:jJUma.23762$T34.707989 at news2.tin.it...

> You'll have to measure the performance for yourself, but you may
> find it quite good -- do, and let us know!
>

    Thank you all for the help. Actually, the problem is a little more
complicated and involves topological sort of the names to make sure that
names within names are not processed twice, but never mind. I got some
interesting hints. give me a few days and I'll let you know about the
performance.

        Avner.