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From: "Steven Deller" <deller@smsail.com>
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Subject: RE: List container strawman 1.2
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:42:37 -0500
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Date: 2001-11-11T12:42:37-05:00

> A merge sort is O (N log N) and is in place for linked lists. I don't 
> see how you can do an heap sort with linked list without 
> additional data.

This was in the context of a "stable" sort, in which case the necessary
"additional data" is the same data needed to provide a stable sort.

Merge sort is fine too :-).
Regards,
Steve