On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:25:22 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What I don't understand is pre sorting a deck that will be used as >input to the computer--couldn't the computer sort it faster than a >person could? The machine sorted strictly sequentially, while the >computer had bubble or shell sorts that were more efficient. maybe >tape sorting was slow, but disk sorting should've been fast. If the >machine had some core ie 128 k, then plenty of work could be done >within the CPU at very high speed.
Sure it could. But labor and the sorting machine were cheaper. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
