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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,50880f040eb869b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens) Subject: Re: Anyone help develop an algorythm? Date: 1997/04/23 Message-ID: <5jjtaj$1e9e@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 236707501 Distribution: world References: <5jddg7$uf0@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com> Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) wrote: > > > >There is a variant of quick-sort that works on linked lists. >The trick is to use the first element in the list as the "pivot" and >then build up two new linked lists containing the left and right partitions, >and then recurse as usual. I would think this could be generalized >to handle a linked list of arrays (left as an exercise to the reader ;-). Could you give me a reference (or two) where I might be able to find the Quick Sort variation you mentioned? - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. << Iceman >>