6 Apr
2009
6 Apr
'09
6:59 p.m.
On 6 Apr 2009 at 12:34, Richard wrote:
Its not a lost art because several of these algorithms
are documented
in Knuth's Art of Computer Programming.
So, pull a programmer under 30 at random from his desk and ask him to
write a polyphase merge sort optimized for 8 tapes.
An art may still be lost in practice even if there's literature
around describing it.
--Chuck