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From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
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Subject: Re: StringBuilder Difficulties
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:51:16 -0700
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On 8 Jul 2011 17:44:16 GMT, blmblm@myrealbox.com
<blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> wrote:

>In article <ub8917p07lb29llk6g2o3rgbviul359p9r@4ax.com>,
>Gene Wirchenko  <genew@ocis.net> wrote:
>> On 6 Jul 2011 16:59:57 GMT, blmblm@myrealbox.com
>> <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> [snip]
>> 
>> >Gene seems to be saying elsethread that in his real code he might
>> >be initializing from something that isn't in order.  But assuming he
>> 
>>      Yup.
>> 
>> >could put it in order before initializing the set, then yes, it seems
>> 
>>      Why bother?  SortedSet does the work for me.
>
>If you care enough about performance to have put some effort
>into benchmarking various approaches, I'd have thought you'd be
>interested in one that seems to be significantly faster and almost
>as simple to set up and use.  (Probably -- I guess it depends on
>how, in your real code, you'll be initializing the set.)

     But why should I write code to sort something when SortedSet will
do it for me?  Plus, if I output the contents of the set, having it in
sorted order makes more sense.

     Remember that I am learning my way around Java.  You may already
know how to do it quickly.  For me, it would be another thing to find
and figure out.  In time, in time.

>I'm not unsympathetic, though, to a desire to move on once 
>an acceptable solution has been found.  "Just sayin'", maybe.

     Micro-optimisation is a nasty sin.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko