Re: A question: Is 200,000 element array worth sorting and search?

On 4 May, 23:27, mike-yue <needpass...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The topic comes from a question:
>
> Would you rather wait for the results of a quicksort, a linear search,
> or a bubble sort on a 200000 element array?
> 1> Quicksort
> 2> Linear Search
> 3> Bubble Sort
>
> The answer is 2> Linear Search
>
> Could someone explain why Linear Search, not the other two options?

Well, it's a poor question: asking what /you/ would prefer to do; but
presuming you want to wait as little time as possible wouldn't option
2 finish soonest? The fact that sorting and searching accomplish
different things also seems to be there to confuse.

You might be better asking questions on programming (i.e. not on C) in
comp.programming.

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