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Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements

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On 5/8/2015 5:42 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> writes:
>> If you have no further information about the data to sort and you have
>> random access merge sort and its derivatives are probably best for
>> general purpose. Everything else depends.
>
>    If one has a huge array, it is well possible that the largest
>    possible gain comes from sorting an array of primitves (int)
>    versus an array of references (Integer).

     Note the many overloads of Arrays#sort() already provide for this:
There are versions not only for Objects, but for arrays of almost all
primitive types.  (Sorting an array of the remaining type is left as
an exercise for the reader; try for a linear-time implementation...)

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best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Ajay Paul <ajaykpaul@gmail.com> - 2015-05-04 10:39 -0700
  Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2015-05-04 19:54 +0200
    Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-09 07:58 -0400
  Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-04 14:16 -0400
    Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-04 14:27 -0400
  Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-05-08 20:42 +0000
  Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-05-11 02:32 +0000
  Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-05-11 14:00 -0700
    Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-11 17:27 -0400
    Re: best and worst sorting algorithm for 1 to 10,000 and then 10,000 + elements Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-06-03 21:53 -0400

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