Re: [boost] [SORT] Parallel Algorithms

Subject: Re: [boost] [SORT] Parallel Algorithms
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-25 06:00:46

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rob Stewart
> Sent: 25 March 2015 08:43
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] [SORT] Parallel Algorithms
> 
> On March 24, 2015 10:32:35 PM EDT, Steven Ross <spreadsort_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > >    TimSort                           -> 2M
> [snip]
> 
> > Timsort seems fairly impressive, but specialized and already available
> > for free, hence not necessary to include in the library.
> 
> While "specialized" may be sufficient grounds to avoid including Timsort, its availability
elsewhere for free
> is not a good justification for excluding it from Boost.
> 
> Providing a single source of good, varied algorithms, with equivalent documentation including
> comparative information to help users choose among the options would seem more than ample reason
to
> include an algorithm.

+1

Paul

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