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

mike-yue <needpassion@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> On May 4, 5:26 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> mike-yue <needpass...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> > All very good answers. many thanks for you guys,
>> > In a word, the Liner Search is the cheapest method to search. the
>> > other two are complicated and expensive.
>>
>> Please quote some context when you post a followup.
>>
>> The missing context is the question in your original article:
>>
>> | 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
>>
>
> There is no missing context. The question is exactly the original
> question, no more no less.

Yes, and since you didn't quote it in your followup *that's* the
missing context.

Since you use Google Groups, you need to be aware that most of us
don't use a web-based interface to read Usenet.  The article to which
you're replying may not be readily visible to someone reading your
followup; it might not be available at all.  Because of this, you need
to provide enough context so that your followup makes sense on its
own.  (But it's rarely necessary or appropriate to quote the *entire*
article.)

Once upon a time, Google Groups had a serious bug that made it
difficult to provide any context when posting a followup.  Chris
F.A. Johnson put together a web page explaining how and why to work
around this bug.  The bug was fixed some time ago, but the web page
and the ones it links to are still useful, particularly the links
under "Quoting".

<http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/>

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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