Re: qsort, once again

From: "Dann Corbit" <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
To: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, "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 19:45:05
Message-ID: D425483C2C5C9F49B5B7A41F8944154757D67D@postal.corporate.connx.com
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[mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Jonah H. Harris
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:43 AM
To: Tom Lane
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org; Jerry Sievers
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] qsort, once again

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
732.331.1324

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