speeding up dictionary creation

[John W. Baxter]

In article <399C916B.A825985C at uniserve.com>, Bob van der Poel 
<bvdpoel at uniserve.com> wrote:

> Oppps, I probably wasn't clear. The data is read every time the program
> is started up (ie. each time you want to use it). So, anything more than
> a few long seconds is getting unacceptable.

Perhaps you weren't clear.  I don't think I was reading clearly, 
representing the larger part of the problem.  In any case, you do need 
to get it read fast.

   --John

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John W. Baxter   Port Ludlow, WA USA  jwbnews at scandaroon.com