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Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly

Date	2011-09-18 13:20 -0700
From	Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly
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On 9/18/2011 12:53 PM, Lew wrote:
> Wanja Gayk wrote:
>> esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid says...
>>> My apologies.  I should have asked you to sort
>>>
>>> new int[] { Integer.MAX_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1, };
>>>
>>> ... an array whose range spans only two values.
>>
>> Which are both out of range.
>>
>> http://r3dux.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Trolling-Is-A-Art.jpg
>
> Eric isn't trolling, he's making a technical point.  The only thing
> you might find trollish about his remarks is that they completely
> contradict your points on technical merit, but rejecting technically
> valid counterpoint by calling it trolling is itself a trollish ploy.

Although I think there are better examples, Wanja Gayk's basic technical
point is absolutely correct. The commonly stated \Omega(n log n) bound
has been proved for comparison sorts, but not for sorting in general,
and there are O(n) sorts.

Patricia

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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 Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-17 02:54 +0200
          Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-16 21:03 -0400
            Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-17 16:52 +0200
              Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-17 11:05 -0400
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-18 15:41 +0200
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-18 12:53 -0700
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-18 13:20 -0700
      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 Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-17 02:54 +0200
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-16 21:13 -0400
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-16 23:14 -0700
                Re: Using Java Classes to Sort a Small Array Quickly Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-17 16:53 +0200
            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 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-09-14 11:00 -0700
            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

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