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From: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm)
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Subject: What kinds of keys do you sort?
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Date: 6 May 89 17:00:54 GMT
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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.

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