Subject: Re: bug#23569: thing-at-point, source of slowness

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 20:52:47 +0300

> From: Andreas Röhler <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 09:59:41 +0200
> 
> Suggest to jump first at the beginning, as backward move might be slow. 

Can you tell why?  AFAIK, moving back is no slower than moving
forward.