Re: qsort, once again

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Jerry Sievers" <jerry(at)jerrysievers(dot)com>
Subject: Re: qsort, once again
Date: 2006-03-16 19:43:17
Message-ID: 36e682920603161143wd9f5c56qdd9235dfe55bcd87@mail.gmail.com
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On 3/16/06, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering what the authors were expecting the insertion sort to
> handle exactly. Does anyone have a copy of the paper that's referenced
> in the code comment?
>
> /*
> * Qsort routine from Bentley & McIlroy's "Engineering a Sort Function".
> */

Yes, I have it somewhere, let me dig it up for ya.

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Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
EnterpriseDB Corporation
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