Sort Optimization (Part 2) with JDK 6 vs JDK 7

In part 1, I went over my first foray into the world of sorting algorithms.  Since then, I’ve had some other ideas on how to improve my quicksort implementation.  One idea that I had while originally working on the sorting algorithm, was to rework the partition function to take into account duplicate elements.  I had […]

Posted on December 23, 2009 at 11:00 am by Joe · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Sorting Algorithm Shootout

Since I did my Sort Optimization post, I’ve been keeping an eye on things that happen in the sorting world.  Recently an article popped up on Reddit about someone wanting to replace the JDK sorting algorithm with a Dual Pivot Quick Sort.  This lead to the discovery that Tim Sort would be replacing Merge Sort […]

Posted on October 8, 2009 at 10:00 am by Joe · Permalink · 3 Comments
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Ruby Shootout: Fasta

Lately, I’ve been looking at the shootout Ruby benchmarks. I’d gotten into a habit of checking them every few months, rooting for my favorite languages. Not really understanding why some didn’t have the greatest showing on there. When the people running it upgraded their hardware, it seems as though Ruby fell off the list. While […]

Posted on November 2, 2008 at 8:39 am by Joe · Permalink · 3 Comments
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