Mark Crispin (MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:43:30 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:36:53 -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> Personally, I don't see much utility in SORT. I think that >99% of its
> actual use will be as a poor substitute for what THREAD does.
> Everything else SORT does can be done on the client side using the
> results from FETCH ENVELOPE. (More accurately, I don't think SORT
> can justify itself in the presence of THREAD.)
I won't go that far; there is a limited set of circumstances in which SORT is
useful. Pine does put SORT to good use. But Pine also uses THREAD, and it
seems that more and more people are turning to threading rather than sorting.
But I agree with the overall sentiment. THREAD, not SORT, is the interesting
extension. It is incomprehensible to me why people want to waste incredible
amounts of time on SORT extensions, VIEW, etc., which are all meaningless for
THREAD.
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