Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ucbvax!decwrl!alverson From: alverson@decwrl.DEC.COM (Robert Alverson) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: One really good use for BIG core memory (address sort) Message-ID: <5559@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 11:40:54 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.5559 Posted: Fri Sep 26 11:40:54 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 30-Sep-86 03:47:47 EDT References: <600@sdcc12.UUCP> <7960@lanl.ARPA> Reply-To: alverson@decwrl.UUCP (Robert Alverson) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 5 Summary: O(k) = O(n) Clearly, this algorithm is O(k), but...usually, k is a linear function of n, determined before starting the sort. So it is O(n) also. Bob