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- From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.173842.4828@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:38:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep3.224003.1841@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, ecmtwhk@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Thomas Koenig) writes:
- |> [...]
- |> Argl. There are better n^2 algorithms out there, for example insertion
- |> sort, and that is as short to implement.
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- Yes, when I need a sort that I can write without thinking, I always use
- insertion sort - it's easier to remember (for me) than bubble sort is.
- If the sort consumes a significant amount of time though - I look at
- a wide variety and pick the one best suited to the particular program.
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- J. Giles
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