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Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly

Date	2011-09-01 09:18 +0100
From	bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim>
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Subject	Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly
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markspace wrote:
> On 8/31/2011 7:48 PM, KevinSimonson wrote:
>> On the way home from work my fellow carpooler told me that there are
>> Java classes that can do sorts in O(N) time.
>
>
> Pfft. No. Theoretical maximum speed of a sort is something like n log n.
> The only data you can sort in n time is data that's already sorted.

You might want to look up radix sort, which is only applicable
in special (but quite common) cases. Not relevant to the OP,
of course.

  BugBear

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Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly KevinSimonson <kvnsmnsn@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-31 19:48 -0700
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-31 20:39 -0700
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2011-09-01 09:18 +0100
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-01 02:38 -0700
      Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-01 03:50 -0700
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-11 23:14 +0200
      Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-11 17:53 -0400
        Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-12 01:40 +0200
          Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-11 20:32 -0400
          Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-11 21:10 -0400
            Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-11 20:30 -0700
              Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-12 19:13 -0400
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-12 17:42 -0700
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-12 21:24 -0400
          Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-12 10:57 -0700
            Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-12 19:01 -0400
              Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-12 21:29 -0400
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly markspace <-@.> - 2011-09-12 19:49 -0700
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-12 21:51 -0700
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-09-13 11:32 -0500
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-09-13 21:51 -0400
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-13 06:33 -0700
              Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-13 09:48 -0700
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-01 00:25 -0400
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-01 00:54 -0400
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2011-09-01 09:20 +0100
      Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-01 08:06 -0400
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-01 02:43 -0700
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-09-01 08:32 +0200
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@spamweary.invalid> - 2011-09-01 10:08 +0100
    Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-01 04:02 -0700
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-01 02:37 -0700
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-01 04:53 -0700
  Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-09-01 09:05 -0500

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