Re: branch-free tuplesort partitioning - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From John Naylor
Subject Re: branch-free tuplesort partitioning
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Msg-id CANWCAZY8PgBtZ7OOuooxq-qwJ5PcdoOs3hRHHR0mZt+JNDaX+g@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: branch-free tuplesort partitioning  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:20 PM Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:
>
> I suggest using a test program for this that Tom wrote nearly 20 years
> ago to validate changes that were made to the Bentley & McIlroy qsort,
> available from here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/18732.1142967137@sss.pgh.pa.us
>
> It generates most of the standardized inputs described by the B&M
> paper. For example, it will generate "Sawtooth" inputs. (Though I
> don't see "organ pipe" input -- that one was a more adversarial case,
> described by their paper, which might also be interesting.)

Thanks for that reference, that will be useful!

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John Naylor
Amazon Web Services



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