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

I saw a decent gain in compile time a few years ago when I first installed ReSharper (on an 18 project solution). Since then its just been about keeping it clean.