koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm) (05/07/89)
A colleague and I are preparing a paper on a new sorting algorithm we've come up with. It only works on certain kinds of keys, though, so I'm interested in getting a general feel for how useful it will be. So, my question is this: In your applications, what datatypes do you commonly use as sort keys? Character (text) strings, integers, floating point numbers, or what? Please respond by E-mail, if possible; I will summarize to the net if there's interest. (Sorry, I don't want to give out any details about our algorithm before it's published; just look what premature release did for Pons and Fleischmann! :) Thanks for any information you can provide. --- Steven Grimm koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu Division of Social Sciences uunet!ucbvax!ucscc!ssyx!koreth University of California, Santa Cruz "Pithy quotes are for losers."