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Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not)

From Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not)
Date 2026-03-22 02:03 +0200
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:47:18 +0100
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

> On 20/03/2026 14:08, Michael S wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:26:34 +0100
> > David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 20/03/2026 13:13, Janis Papanagnou wrote:  
> >>> On 2026-03-20 11:58, Michael S wrote:  
> >>>> [...]
> >>>> BTW, quicksort is O(N*logN) only as long as comparison is O(1).
> >>>> Which does not hold in the general case of lexicographic sort.  
> >>>
> >>> You have to differentiate the complexity of an _algorithm_ here;
> >>> we talk about how many comparisons and how many data swaps are
> >>> necessary.
> >>>
> >>> If your _comparisons_ are costly, or your _data swaps_ are costly,
> >>> we don't blame the algorithm. If you happen to have a comparison
> >>> function of some O(X) the _sorting algorithm_ is still of its own
> >>> inherent algorithmic complexity. If you happen to swap BLOB data
> >>> by copying every byte (instead of sorting an index, for example)
> >>> you also cannot blame the sorting algorithm, its complexity still
> >>> holds.
> >>>
> >>> If it were different any complexity measure for algorithms would
> >>> be meaningless.
> >>>      
> >>
> >> That's all true.
> >>  
> > 
> > No, it is not. That's all nonsense that demonstrates a shallow
> > thinking. Comparison method one uses in lexicographic sort is very
> > much variable part of algorithm rather than something fixed.
> > Many good methods start sorting by using just few (sometimes one)
> > leading characters and only in later passes that typically operate
> > on much much shorter sections, they use full string comparison.
> > One example where doing it smart is particularly beneficial is a
> > sort at core of Burrows-Wheeler Transform.  
> 
> Yes, I realise that various kinds of radix or bucket sorts are often 
> good for large data sets, either in whole or as the first steps.  But
> I am not clear about how it contradicts what Janis has been saying -
> I feel the two of you are talking somewhat past each other. 

Read the thread. We were talking with Bart and understanding each other
well enough. Then came Janis with ignorant statement that in effect was
saying that plain quicksort algorithm with strcmp() as comparison
routine is optimal or close to optimal for lexicographic sorting
similar to one done by Linux or Windows sort commands applied to text
files with 20K to 1M lines of average length of few dozens characters.

> The cost
> of doing a comparison does not affect the complexity of an algorithm
> - but it can certainly affect the best choice of algorithm for the
> task in hand.
>


In case of lexicographic sort comparison most certainly affects BigO.
BigO is about counting elementary operations or, at least, about
counting non-elementary operations that have complexity independent of
N. In out specific case (described in the previous paragraph) an average
number of elementary comparisons within strcmp() does depend on N. One
can expect that it grows with N, because for longer N quicksort spends
relatively more time comparing strings with longer and longer common
prefixes.

I did a couple of experiments.
Here is a number of character comparisons during sorting by quicksort
with strcmp-alike comparison as a function number of sorted strings. 
Inputs used for experiments were first N lines of two long books (those
that I suggested to Bart in other post in this thread).


Book 1:
   1000      40367
   2000      93404
   3000     156995
   4000     238062
   5000     322275
   6000     401332
   7000     483294
   8000     588128
   9000     707559
  10000     811159
  11000     969934
  12000    1061037
  13000    1172776
  14000    1327489
  15000    1456356
  16000    1565355
  17000    1691351
  18000    1811836
  19000    1971700
  20000    2101477
  21000    2237132
  22000    2348410
  23000    2492149
  24000    2618858
  25000    2726828
  26000    2881609
  27000    3017903
  28000    3183088
  29000    3320716
  30000    3523695
  31000    3719782
  32000    3852290
  33000    4007476
  34000    4149704
  35000    4228143
  36000    4399583
  37000    4581223
  38000    4761085
  39000    4919182
  40000    5110223
  41000    5463271
  42000    5605860
  43000    5830282
  44000    6096857
  45000    6464758
  46000    6860786
  47000    7101972
  48000    7434769
  49000    7736464
  50000    8028681
  51000    8334358
  52000    8560822
  53000    8814096
  54000    8986343
  55000    9162604
  56000    9358948
  57000    9468853
  58000    9638512
  59000    9863370
  60000   10000734
  61000   10242187
  62000   10500148
  63000   10654166
  64000   10882232
  65000   11187624
  66000   11290778
  67000   11481047
  68000   11664433
  69000   11858529
  70000   12059970
  71000   12173240
  72000   12232160
  73000   12418818
  74000   12577954
  75000   12786122
  76000   12939916
  77000   13083515
  78000   13275432
  79000   13616563
  80000   13797048
  81000   14137362
  82000   14388124
  83000   14667272
  84000   14914600
  85000   15174195
  86000   15227048
  87000   15414838
  88000   15526278
  89000   15670034
  90000   15966396
  91000   16120859
  92000   16267285
  93000   16402168
  94000   16718506
  95000   16968960
  96000   17169618
  97000   17362159
  98000   17486179
  99000   17944209
 100000   18085095
 101000   18455071
 102000   18733130
 102100   18769521

Book 2:
   1000     104846
   2000     243080
   3000     399564
   4000     661436
   5000     855870
   6000    1017042
   7000    1205936
   8000    1341884
   9000    1511727
  10000    1681973
  11000    1820114
  12000    1978196
  13000    2081813
  14000    2162091
  15000    2280537
  16000    2375272
  17000    2500672
  18000    2617364
  19000    2787782
  20000    2960678
  21000    3149483
  22000    3286894
  23000    3481047
  24000    3638352
  25000    3842186
  26000    4001105
  27000    4083466
  28000    4239273
  29000    4399250
  30000    4505316
  30384    4598719

It is easy to see that at the beginning # of comparisons grows faster
than N*log(N). For the 1st book the trend continues throughout all
chart. For the 2nd book it does not.
I'd guess that the reasons behind it is that the 1st book is relatively
homogeneous, while the 2nd book consists of rather distinct parts,
likely with different characteristics of beginnings of lines.
At parts the 2nd book is full of periods, of rhythmical prose close to
poetry and at other parts it is not. I didn't have time to dig deeper.

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                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-03-19 10:49 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-03-19 14:09 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-19 14:49 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-19 17:09 +0200
                sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-19 17:29 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-19 18:33 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-19 21:40 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-19 23:53 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-20 00:15 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 05:05 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-20 12:58 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 12:53 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 13:13 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-03-20 13:26 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-20 15:08 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-20 13:43 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-20 15:51 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-03-20 14:47 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-22 02:03 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-22 04:03 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-06 15:13 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-07 02:22 +0300
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-06 21:00 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-07 09:37 +0300
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-07 21:54 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-09 16:06 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-11 09:04 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-11 19:55 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-04-07 14:46 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-07 20:04 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-09 21:15 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-10 01:31 +0300
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-12 06:17 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-11 21:32 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-12 04:59 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-04-09 23:33 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-10 11:35 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-12 07:13 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-13 20:44 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-20 14:01 +0200
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-06 13:48 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-07 01:58 +0300
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-04-07 01:02 +0100
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-07 08:01 -0700
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-03-19 23:21 +0000
                Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-06 18:37 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-20 04:33 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-20 14:24 +0200
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-22 05:06 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-22 09:30 +0200
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-07 02:12 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-07 14:00 +0300
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-16 10:23 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-04-07 16:39 -0400
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-12 11:16 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-25 00:45 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 06:25 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-20 01:33 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-20 07:42 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-20 12:16 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-14 16:22 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-14 18:04 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-14 17:39 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-14 19:25 +0100
            Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-13 00:54 +0000
              Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-13 00:31 -0400
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 06:24 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-13 01:40 -0400
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-13 01:34 -0400
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-13 14:38 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-13 15:31 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-15 13:15 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-16 15:18 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-23 21:23 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-03-13 18:47 -0400
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-15 14:38 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 07:24 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 01:51 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 09:54 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-13 10:29 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 10:33 +0100
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 11:57 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 11:58 -0700
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-13 14:29 +0000
            Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 08:08 +0100
              Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-13 04:19 -0400
            Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 09:53 +0100
              Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 09:56 +0100
              Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-13 05:10 -0400
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 10:14 +0100
          Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-13 17:32 +0000
            Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 18:44 +0100
              Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-03-13 19:36 +0000
                Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-03-14 06:03 +0100
      Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-12 16:56 +0000
    Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-20 23:07 -0700
      Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-22 16:55 -0400
        Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-26 20:08 -0700
          Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-27 00:35 -0400
            Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-03-26 21:53 -0700
            Re: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-27 17:03 +0000

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