What are the benefits of maintaining a “clean” list of using directives in C#?

Question

I know VS2008 has the remove and sort function for cleaning up using directives, as does Resharper. Apart from your code being \"clean\" and removing the problem of referenc

Answer 1

For me it's basically all about less noise (plus making Resharper happy!).

I would believe any improvement in compilation time would be minimal.