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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Improve my sort!
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:12:32 +0000
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jonas.thornvall@gmail.com writes:

> Den lördag 4 november 2017 kl. 23:08:51 UTC+1 skrev Ben Bacarisse:
>> jonas.thornvall@gmail.com writes:
>> 
>> > Den lördag 4 november 2017 kl. 21:22:20 UTC+1 skrev Ben Bacarisse:
>> >> jonas.thornvall@gmail.com writes:
>> >> <snip>
>> >> > When i said improve my sort i meant the speed, not the syntax.
>> >> 
>> >> The algorithm is not yet correct.  You have a bug (a different one) when
>> >> start is > 0.
>> <snip>
>> > No Ben the algorithm works just fine unless you refer to the input max
>> > value being -1, it is the random generator bug as you said. Not the
>> > sorting algorithm. The result is the same using javascript sort or
>> > quicksort.
>> 
>> Here's a screen short showing incorrect results:
>> 
>>   http://bsb.me.uk/tmp/jt-sort.png
>
> Well if you were intelligen you would understand it depends on the
> initialisation of arrays.
>
> Option 1. Try run the rng separated from the sort, you think you could
> manage do that change?
>
> Option 2. Press the button a second time you think your old hand could
> take it without it causing extreme pain?

This display does not change.  That's because there is a bug in the
code.  I really don't mind if you don't believe me.

Option 3 is to fix the bug.  That's what I did in the version I used to
compare times.

-- 
Ben.