Re: A Modest Proposal

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 23:56:40 -0400
> 
> > Yes. Listing files using external tools is usually faster.
> 
> Is the difference sufficiently large to be noticeable in dired?

Last time I tried, it was.  But maybe someone should try again, and
show the numbers.

Our algorithm in ls-lisp and the primitives it employs is definitely
less optimal than what 'ls' does, but I cannot estimate the
quantitative effect of that.