On 01/28/2013 04:02 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
If you're not asked for a stable sort, you can't exactly be criticised for not providing a stable sort. Much.
To be fair, neither of us was aware of the "problem" until after the work was done. I knew how to write a shell sort and that it was loads faster than a bubble (especially one written in the least efficient manner) but I wasn't aware that it wouldn't come out with the customer numbers in the same order or that this was even an issue. I would have thought that (remember, this was back in '84) going from 60 minutes to sort 300 names to 3 would be good enough, but I guess she wanted egg in her beer as well.
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