On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Greg Stark <st...@mit.edu> wrote:
> Fwiw attached are two patches for perusal. One is a trivial patch to
> add the size of the tape to trace_sort output. I guess I'll just apply
> that without discussion.

+1

> The other replaces the selection sort with an
> open coded sort network for cases up to 8 elements. (Only in the perl
> generated qsort for the moment). I don't have the bandwidth to
> benchmark this for the moment but if anyone's interested in trying I
> suspect it'll make a small but noticeable difference. I'm guessing
> 2-5%.

I guess you mean insertion sort. What's the theoretical justification
for the change?

-- 
Peter Geoghegan


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