Re: qsort() vs. std::sort

From	Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: qsort() vs. std::sort
Date	2022-04-25 12:59 +0200
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Am 25.04.2022 um 10:16 schrieb Öö Tiib:
> On Saturday, 23 April 2022 at 10:15:39 UTC+3, Bonita Montero wrote:
>> I just measured how superior C++'s std::sort is over C's qsort:
>> These are the results on my computer (Ryzen Threadripper 3990X):
>>
>> 2: 279%
>> 4: 303%
>> 8: 531%
>> 16: 611%
>> 32: 543%
>> 64: 627%
>> 128: 536%
>> 256: 481%
>> 512: 402%
>> 1024: 316%
>> 2048: 260%
>> 4096: 230%
>>
>> Up to 6,3 times faster with less coding !
> 
> Perhaps you have biased standard library. For example that online
> compiler <http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/a/31e2a018eaabe85a>
> With array sizes that matter > 1024 the sorts look about equal:
>   
> 2: 202%
> 4: 420%
> 8: 436%
> 16: 357%
> 32: 530%
> 64: 675%
> 128: 432%
> 256: 421%
> 512: 303%
> 1024: 375%
> 2048: 90%
> 4096: 96%
> 8192: 98%

The result is dependent on
a) the implementation of the standard library
b) how good the compiler optimizes and
c) the CPU you run the code on.

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qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-23 09:15 +0200
  Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-23 09:31 +0200
  Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-04-25 05:56 +0000
    Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-25 08:27 +0200
  Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-25 01:16 -0700
    Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-25 12:59 +0200
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-25 13:32 +0200
        Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-25 05:26 -0700
          Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-25 17:41 +0200
            Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-26 00:46 -0700
              Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-26 12:19 +0200
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-04-25 05:24 -0700
        Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-25 17:42 +0200
    Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-04-26 05:26 +0000
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-26 00:19 -0700
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-04-26 14:03 +0000
        Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-04-26 08:50 -0700
        Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-29 01:38 -0700
          Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-04-29 02:39 -0700
            Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-29 04:06 -0700
    Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-26 12:28 +0200
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-26 04:54 -0700
        Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-26 14:10 +0200
          Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-26 06:23 -0700
            Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-26 16:26 +0200
  Re: qsort() vs. std::sort William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com> - 2022-04-27 17:03 -0700
    Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-04-28 06:58 +0200
    Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-04-28 06:33 +0000
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-04-28 01:08 -0700
        Re: qsort() vs. std::sort Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-04-28 08:23 +0000
      Re: qsort() vs. std::sort William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com> - 2022-04-28 02:55 -0700

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