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  2. From: jdege@winternet.com (Jeff Dege)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Fastest Sorting Algorithm?
  5. Date: 11 Apr 1996 13:25:10 GMT
  6. Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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  12. On 10 Apr 1996 13:21:09 GMT, Jeff Dege (jdege@winternet.com) wrote:
  13. : big-O notation.  So if you ever see O(2log n) you can assume that the
  14. : writer either made a type, or doesn't know what he's talking about.
  15.                           ^
  16.                           :s/type/typo/
  17. -- 
  18. Politician, n.:
  19.         An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of
  20. organized society is reared.  When he wriggles, he mistakes the
  21. agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.  As compared
  22. with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
  23.                 -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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