On 03/11/2004 10:39:05 AM, Igor Neyman wrote:
> Obviously in this case (second out of 3) it doesn't make any difference.
> But, if asked for top 10 out of 1000:
> - Without optimization: all 1000 would have been sorted;
> - With optimization: find top 10 and stop, no need to sort the rest 990.
>
> Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
> ineyman_at_perceptron.com
>
>
Quite frankly, I still don't know which book are you referring to, "effective oracle" or "101"
and, if "1-on-1", which edition? I'm asking because things don't look very logical to me,
so I'd like to read them. I'd be thankful if you specified the book more closely.
It doesn't look logical to me to sort only 10 out of 1000 if I want to find the 10 maximal ones.
Namely, to find 10 largest, I need to sort them all. I can stop producing output after 10th
row, but I must sort them all, or use some fancy sort algorithm, significantly slower then
topological sort or quick sort (see Knuth for the description of those). Tom's explanation
of those seemingly contradicting facts is probably wonderful and I'd like to read it. As I have
all 3 of his books, I'd appreciate if you could reveal your source.
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