> 
> The attached CS speeds RunArray>>, and #copyReplaceFrom:to:with: up by a
> factor of roughly four. All it does is making both runs and values arrays
> (there was some inconsistency between when to use OrderedCollections and
> when not) plus a few minor modifications here and there. The overall result
> for Text>>addAttribute:from:to: seems to be in the range of a factor of two
> (although this may depend since #addAttribute: does some stuff besides).

The reason for OrderedCollections is so that text can be *built* quickly
-- this is important in processing HTML. 

Or at least, it used to be.  Right now it seems to make a 10% slowdown
for the main Swiki page, so maybe it's not a terribly big deal.  Here's the
workspace code for anyone who wants to play with it:

	doc := 'http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak' asUrl retrieveContents.
	parsedDoc := HtmlParser parse: doc contentStream
	[ parsedDoc formattedText ] timeToRun


-Lex