Peter Scott
Thu, 10 May 2001 14:45:07 -0700
At 05:55 PM 5/10/01 -0400, Jeff Pinyan wrote: >That sorting method does a lot of work -- that is, it does things more >than once. I suggest you use a schwarztian transform, or the Orcish >manuever, to increase speed. I'd like our beginners to take home the message that you shouldn't optimize for performance until it's clear you need to. Otherwise you're just wasting programmer time. Premature optimization is the root of, etc. -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com