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- From: bandy@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Mike Bandy)
- Subject: Re: external sorting
- Message-ID: <BxvDMu.4Kz@netnews.jhuapl.edu>
- Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
- References: <1992Nov17.103111.19839@di.unipi.it>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:54:29 GMT
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- In comp.lang.c you write:
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- >I'm writing an article on how to sort large files using Mergesort
- >and I was wondering if anyone out there know of other good
- >sorting algorithms that can be used for external sorting too.
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- The 'bible' of algorithms is Knuth's, "The Art Of Computer Programming".
- It's now about 30 years old, but still very respected as a collection
- of algorithms. I'd check there first, then the university library.
- Sorry I wasn't more help; remember "teach a man to fish ...".
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- Mike Bandy
- bandy@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu
- Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Lab
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