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>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

Simon> It is possible to do it in O(1) from Gnus's point of view: Push that 
Simon> functionality down into the backend. :-)

"Any calculation can be made in constant time, if the constant is big enough".

:-)

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