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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: More thoughts on sorting
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Msg-id 18412.1249048317@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to More thoughts on sorting  (PFC <lists@peufeu.com>)
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PFC <lists@peufeu.com> writes:
> - for short strings (average 12 bytes), sort is CPU-bound in strcoll()
> - for longer strings (average 120 bytes), sort is even more CPU-bound in  
> strcoll()

No news there.  If you are limited by the speed of text comparisons,
consider using C locale.
        regards, tom lane

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