Re: [boost] [sorting] External Sorting

From: Hervé Brönnimann (hervebronnimann_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-01 00:53:07

Just one suggestion:  Have you checked http://stxxl.sourceforge.net/ ?

On Mar 30, 2007, at 9:53 PM, Sam Schetterer wrote:

> Would there be any interest sorting functions that sort data that is
> written to disk? I know that it sounds somewhat useless, but if the  
> data on
> disk takes up 10gb, I know that no computer can load all of that  
> data at
> once, even with virtual memory. This type of sort is also useful for
> low-memory machines, like a roadside speedometer, where large
> amounts of data need to be sorted but cannot fit into memory.
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