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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Sorting gets very slow
Message-ID: <34686@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 89 13:39:52 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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HyperCard uses QuickSort to sort cards of a stack.  It should be quite
fast in most cases.  Large stacks obviously take longer, but the length
is mainly determined by the number of cards, not the size of these
cards.

Dan Allen
HyperCard Team