On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 08:48:16PM -0500, William Ricker wrote: > > > When I first read Knuth's TAOCP books, in ... > > I have since realized that we also have more data *and* those algorithms do > > contain some very nice gems that are still useful. If > Definitely. > > The bible for actually building space-limited sorting tools is Hal Lorin's > book /Sorting and Sort Systems/, (ISBN:0201144530) Lorin, Harold; in the A-W > seies, the old white-and-gold ones done by IBM researchers.
Thanks for the recommendation, Bill. I have located and ordered a copy. I look forward to reading it. > If someone buys a beer, I'll explain how I came to study this tome so hard, > so long ago. It involved several write-only languages and Perl-67 as MJD > refers to PL1. I'll buy you two beers if the story is interesting and educational, but it may be a while before I head to Boston: I now live in Westhampton, MA. -Gyepi _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
