From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,385be4c68a9e4de6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-15 12:38:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!peer1-sjc1.usenetserver.com.MISMATCH!ps01-sjc1!news.webusenet.com!easynews!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D332482.DB080483@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Smart sorting algorithm ? References: <3D21D581.6EF6CB06@despammed.com> <3D2A0A25.52A62B7C@despammed.com> <3D2D98DB.39944A80@despammed.com> <5ee5b646.0207111204.618a9bfa@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:37:38 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1026761889 151.168.144.162 (Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:38:09 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 15:38:09 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27118 Date: 2002-07-15T14:37:38-05:00 List-Id: > Once again, this is a dead-end idea. It cannot possibly Well, I'm not convinced--although I do respect your higher-than-mine education and experience in this area. If you provide a "proof" or a link to a proof, I'll try to understand it. Intuitively, I get foggy images of why it might be true, but the wishful thinking is quite powerful in this case. > be any help if you are using a good sorting algorithm > that minimizes comparisons in the first place, and if I am convinced of the value of such, but since that is not enough in this case...... -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau