> >>> I've run into "CS"
graduates from the university who supposedly
> >>> have learned about really "good" sort algorithms (usually
> >>> "Shell-Metzner"), without understanding which situations an
> >>> optimized "bubble" is better for.
> What? No mention of the n-way polyphase sort/merge?
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
CS grads don't do external sorts. ;)
"Well, get more memory."
Not that the experts are particularly easy to work
with. . .
Both participants were CS PhDs, who should have known better.
eventually, we learn and remember that when hiring
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