Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!news.netfront.net!not-for-mail From: Wanja Gayk Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:52:00 +0200 Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <86c4a53b-1ca1-48a8-b954-c01bd449278a@s35g2000prm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 77.8.37.174 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: adenine.netfront.net 1316271126 4814 77.8.37.174 (17 Sep 2011 14:52:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@netfront.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:52:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8104 In article , esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid says... > > Those constraints would be pretty useless though. On the other hand: > > Sorting numbers of a limited range is pretty common. > > Either way I would argue that sorting an empty or one-element array is > > no sorting at all. > > Fine. Then sort > > data = new int[] { Integer.MAX_VALUE, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9 }; You don't get it, do you? Which part of "limited range" was too hard to understand for you? Kind regards Wanja -- ..Alesi's problem was that the back of the car was jumping up and down dangerously - and I can assure you from having been teammate to Jean Alesi and knowing what kind of cars that he can pull up with, when Jean Alesi says that a car is dangerous - it is. [Jonathan Palmer] --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to news@netfront.net ---