On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Jason Orendorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You should have seen it run a big balanced sort using the >> tape rives! > > Those algorithms live on in Knuth. He claims they're still relevant, > something about memory access locality. I suspect that's pretty much > nonsense, but they're fun to think about.
If you think Donald Knuth is talking nonsense, you might want to read it again :) Such algorithms are relevant in some systems still today, but for 99% of the stuff out there is cheaper to just throw more hardware at it and be less efficient. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
