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| From | cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) |
| Date | 2026-04-27 14:41 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <10snsiv$oel$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <10otm7r$1ntrg$1@raubtier-asyl.eternal-september.org> <86fr4i3ben.fsf@linuxsc.com> <10smg7d$iad$1@reader1.panix.com> <86v7dd0y8j.fsf@linuxsc.com> |
In article <86v7dd0y8j.fsf@linuxsc.com>, Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote: >cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes: > >> In article <86fr4i3ben.fsf@linuxsc.com>, >> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote: >> >>> cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes: >>> >>>> In article <86fr508dwq.fsf@linuxsc.com>, >>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote: > >[..trimming some earlier portions..] > >>>>> [...] BigO was already part of the discussion >>>>> when I joined in. Also, it is customary in discussion of sorting >>>>> algorithms to use the metric of number of comparisons done, without >>>>> regard to the size of the variables needed to hold the indices of >>>>> the records being sorted. >>>> >>>> Hmm, this response echoes almost exactly what I wrote in >>>> <10ranaa$ihf$1@reader1.panix.com> on April 10th, also in >>>> response to Waldek. Did you see it? >>> >>> Probably, but I don't remember it specifically. >> >> Very well. >> >>>>> See Knuth chapter 5, on Sorting, in volume 3 of TAOCP. >>>> >>>> As for TAOCP, as much as I respect and admire Knuth, I don't >>>> think "The Art of Computer Programming" is a good reference for >>>> working programmers. At 391 pages long, Chapter Five occupies >>>> more than half of an ~750 page book, the examples are all in >>>> assembly language for his notional MIX computer, and the >>>> analysis he presents presumes a mathematics background that, >>>> frankly, most programmers neither have nor need. >>> >>> I am not recommending TAOCP as a textbook. >> >> No, but you are referring to it and suggesting that someone else >> do the same; ie, using it as a reference and giving it to >> another as a reference. > >I said this: > >>>>> Also, it is customary in discussion of sorting algorithms to use >>>>> the metric of number of comparisons done, without regard to the >>>>> size of the variables needed to hold the indices of the records >>>>> being sorted. > >I then said this: > >>>>> See Knuth chapter 5, on Sorting, in volume 3 of TAOCP. That is using it as a reference. That's definitionally what making a reference to a text is. >This chapter in TAOCP discusses sorting algorithms. Yes. >Most of the >discussion uses the number of comparisons needed, as a function of >the number of records to be sorted (and only that) in characterizing >the different algorithms. Careful when you say "most of the discussion" here: discussion of the time complexity of the algorithms he discusses is written in those terms, true, but that is not all, or even most, of the discussion in the chapter. >>> It's a well-known work >>> and respected for its theoretical treatments. Also it happens to be >>> what I consulted before posting, mainly because it was handy. >> >> What part? As I mentioned, "Chapter 5" of TAOCP is nearly 400 >> pages long, and touches on a great many things. It's not at all >> clear what precisely, from that book-length chapter, you may be >> referring to. > >Most of the discussion in that chapter. No. I've read that chapter myself, and as I said, it covers a variety of material, little of which is actually germaine to the discussion you were having with Waldek. Much of the first 100 pages is devoted to the combinatorics of permutations of sets, for example; discussion of internal sorting doesn't begin until page 73 (2nd Ed). The emphasis on combinatorical analysis early on is necessary because significant attention is given to describing how the algorithms work, using combinatorics as a mathematically precise foundation. Furthermore, where he does discuss performance analysis of the early algorithms tends to be exact, using polynomials to precisely describe the number of MIX instructions used for each algorithm; it isn't until he gets to Shell's sort (infamously complex to analyze) that he really moves away from that in earnest; e.g., theorem P et al. Even then, he tends to eschew big-O notation and go deeper. For example, he says this about Radix exchange sort: "...the total running time comes to 27A + 8B + 8C - 23G - 14K - 17L - 19R - X + 13 units" (p.127), where each variable is defined in a preceding table. He then derives expected runtime and discusses, concluding with, "the corresponding figure for Program Q is 11.7 N ln N, which can be decreased to about 10.6 N ln N using Singleton's median-of-three suggestion." But importantly in this context, "N" is the number of records, not comparisons. This then leads into a more precise discussion of the mathematics behind the asymptotic behavior of functions, in which he applies techniques from complex analysis, deriving a gamma function bound for the summation of an infinite series, so that he can apply the Mellin transform, a technique he is rather famous for. Almost none of this is relevant to understanding the peculiarities of big-O notation, however; most of the chapter is strictly irrelevant if the goal is just to understand the specific topic at hand, or even merely to support the idea that discussion of sorting algorithms usually measures them by number of comparisons. 5.3 is probably the most relevant, but here he explicitly discusses the flaws of using comparisons as a basis for performance analysis (indeed, that section starts by noting that some of the sorting techniques he covers require no comparisons at all, and so the minimum number of comparisons is zero). Of course, by the time we get to section 5.4, the criteria necessarily changes, since discussion of external sorting hinges on the premise that the data to be sorted is so large that it does not fit into main memory, where direct comparison is not applicable. So I ask again, could you be more precise about what, exactly, you were referring to in the chapter? As far as Knuth and TAOCP is concerned, the most useful material supporting your statement in this context is covered in the first 5 pages. >> Further, "See Knuth chapter 5" is an imperative statement, not a >> statement of fact about something you had done. >> >> My point is that, if your goal is to a establish shared working >> vocabulary with Waldek, such a directive is, unfortunately, not >> likely to be particularly useful towards that goal. > >My goal was only to support my statement "it is customary in >discussion of sorting algorithms to use the metric of number of >comparisons done [...]". No goal other than that. But that citation does not support that statement in a meaningful way. Indeed, it contradicts it in a number of places. >>>> "See chapter 5" is thus not useful as a reference, and rather >>>> comes across as an admonishment. >>> >>> No admonishment was intented. I mentioned it only as a supporting >>> work for my previous statement. >> >> My point is that the statement is too vague. A more useful >> citation would be to a section, or perhaps a page number, >> edition, and printing, or perhaps a direct quotation. > >I'm sorry you thought the statement was too vague. I thought it >was clear enough when I wrote it. > >> Absent a more refined citation, the reference to Knuth comes >> across as more of an appeal to authority than something that is >> actually meant to illuminate the discussion. > >The reference to Knuth was only to support my earlier statement. >I had thought that was evident. Again, your reference to Knuth is too broad to shed light on any implied meaning. It is only negligibly more precise than saying, "see the literature." >> I trust you that that was Not your intent, however. >> >> I do think this is actually useful, even in the context of >> comp.lang.c; a lot of people posting here seem to have forgotten >> many of the finer points of analyzing the characteristics of the >> code that is frequently under discussion, and understanding how >> to apply such to C code is an important skill. > >In any discussion it's important to keep in mind which details are >essential to the discussion and which ones are better left out. It >was my judgment that in the context of the post(s) I was responding >to that the number of comparisons, as a function of the number of >records to be sorted, was a key part of the discussion, but that >more detailed analysis was unnecessary. Other people are free to >have their own views on that question. However, for what I was >trying to get across, I still think the level of detail I settled >on was an appropriate choice for what I was hoping to convey. This actually reinforces my point. Knuth's writing covers so much material, so broadly, that the details obscure the point you were evidently trying to make. The references I proposed do a much better job of supporting your statement, IMHO, and are far more useful and accessible to actual working programmers writing C programs. - Dan C.
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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) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-26 07:29 -0700
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) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-25 15:47 -0700
Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-27 02:04 +0000
Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-04-26 22:27 -0700
Re: sorting Was: Isn't that beauty ? (no it's not) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-27 14:41 +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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