Re: The ultimate luxury ?

From: Hamilcar Barca (hamilcar_at_tld.always.invalid)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:32:24 -0600

In article <410f7e2d$0$2833$61fed72c@news.rcn.com> (Tue, 03 Aug 2004
10:44:32 +0000), jmfbahciv wrote:

> Ah, that's where you might be stumbling. This isn't about binary
> trees. It's about putting data in order vs. putting collections
> of data in order and the rules used to order them.

Putting "data in order" is sorting, and there must be rules. Putting
"collections of data in order" is sorting, and there must be rules.

Mr. Hughes posted previously an excellent, short, and correct definition
of sorting. Why not study it before confusing these topics?

> Collating takes two decks of cards which contain data and
> making one deck based on an arbitrary set of rules that
> examines a piece of the data contained in each card.

This is known as sorting in computer science.

> Merging takes two card decks and makes one card deck based
> on a set of rules that have nothing to do with the data stored
> on the cards;

The merging criteria is specified how, if the cards do not do it? By
another set of decks of cards?

> there doesn't have to be anything stored on the cards.

If there's nothing on the cards, the placing the two decks end to end is
all the merging that's distinguishable.

> Sorting takes one card deck, and arranges that deck using
> the data stored on each card in the same relative postition,
> in an ascending or descending order, alphameric, numeric, or
> alphanumeric.

This is a specific type of sort, distinguishable from your "collating"
only by the specification of the key.

As somebody with (1) a degree in Computer Science; (2) a degree in Math;
and (3) over 25 years experience, the evidence strongly indicates your
definitions are either colloquial or invented.

Please provide references in the literature for these terms, references
which agree with your interpretations.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 2007 Laws
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    (rec.games.bridge)
  • Re: Alcatraz Coup? - or The Little Old Ladies?
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    (rec.games.bridge)
  • Re: 2007 Laws
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    (rec.games.bridge)
  • Re: how does merge work?
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    (comp.lang.scheme)
  • Malkavian Antitribu NEWSLETTER, April 2006
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