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Researching Searching Algorithms?

Posted by Cliff on from the has-this-been-done-before dept.

NiN3x asks: "I have recently written a sorting algorithm that can be close to four times as fast as quicksort and never much slower. I was wondering if there are lots of sorting algorithms like this out there. I don't think I could be the only one that has thought of something like this. I am only in my second year of computer science, so I don't know a lot about these things. I have tried searching the net and can't find anything. My algorithm is NOT an inplace sorting algorithm. Can anyone point me to some sources for this type of thing?"

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  1. Re-Searching Searching? by Eagle7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I take it your algorithm is redundant?

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  2. amazing by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the deal with Ask Slashdot lately?

    "I'm a 2nd year cs student, and I discovered an unknown searching algorithm. I won't provide any details, though"

    "I'm not that good at math, but I just invented a new unbreakable multipad encryption. I won't provide any details, though"

    "During my lunch break, I used a couple coat hangers, some aluminum foil, a 3 hole punch, a spare xeon-argon laser, and 32oz of diet pepsi to create my own home-brewed cold fusion reactor."

    Can you identify the PhysicsGenius troll from the Ask Slashdot question?

    And people complain about what gets through the US Patent Office!

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