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inactiveTopic Python list.sort() now stable and faster
started 8/4/2002; 6:41:39 AM - last post 8/4/2002; 11:07:27 AM
Ehud Lamm - Python list.sort() now stable and faster  blueArrow
8/4/2002; 6:41:39 AM (reads: 2617, responses: 2)
Python list.sort() now stable and faster
Since programming languages are abstraction mechanisms, there are cases when you can improve a language, without making visible changes.

This story is also a nice example of open source language development.


Posted to Python by Ehud Lamm on 8/4/02; 6:43:04 AM

Jarno Virtanen - Re: Python list.sort() now stable and faster  blueArrow
8/4/2002; 10:45:55 AM (reads: 1160, responses: 1)
Blogger archives tend to break once in a while, sorry for the inconvenience. (Question remains; why do I still use it?) It works now, here is the permalink for the article.

Ehud Lamm - Re: Python list.sort() now stable and faster  blueArrow
8/4/2002; 11:07:27 AM (reads: 1203, responses: 0)
I fixed the link. Thanks.