Re: GPU Accelerated Sorting - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: GPU Accelerated Sorting
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Msg-id 21903.1283219925@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: GPU Accelerated Sorting  (Scott Carey <scott@richrelevance.com>)
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Scott Carey <scott@richrelevance.com> writes:
> On a similar note, is Postgres' Quicksort a dual-pivot quicksort?  This can be up to 2x as fast as a normal quicksort
(25%fewer swap operations, and swap operations are more expensive than compares for most sorts). 

In Postgres, the swaps are pretty much free compared to the
comparisons.  Sorry, but the above doesn't especially tempt me...

            regards, tom lane

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