Re: Beginer problem: variable array size

[Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>]

tmoran@acm.org fed this fish to the penguins on Monday 23 September 
2002 04:09 pm:

>> Given your description as the requirements I'd have to argue at a
>> design review that it would be more efficient to have the probe NOT
>> sort the measurements, instead ...
> This being an imaginary homework assignment, and thus two steps away
> from reality, let me suppose you really don't know exactly when the
> system will meltdown, so there is a strong possibility not all data
> can be sent. Further suppose it's most important to find out the
> largest values measured, and the distribution, so if any data is to be
> lost, it should be
> the small values.  A radix sort/histogram would do the job nicely.

        That's even more a case for continuous streaming of measurements... As 
long as the transmitter is active the ground station is getting 
measurements. No loss of any up to the moment the transmitter fails. If 
the largest value came early in the stream, no problem... If it was the 
last value before meltdown you'd still get it... <G>

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