Hmm, wonder which class you'd put me in

Post #41,580 by drewk 6/7/02 3:58:09 PM Reply	Hmm, wonder which class you'd put me in Note that I also refer to the "average" or "typical" developer as being a member of "The Bubble Sort Crowd". If you're good you know what I mean. Otherwise, you're probably a member. I know enough to know you mean there is a sub-optimal way to implement a sort, and it's the one that most beginning (or just plain bad) programmers will use. And while I don't know the best way to implement a sort, I know that I don't know it. So I know to look it up if I need to program a sort. This is one of the large class of problems that I probably know something about, but don't know it by the same name as people who have had some schooling or formal training. Like in another thread when Ben was extolling the virtues of hashes: I asked if PHP supported them and Thane told me the syntax for it. I said, "Oh, that, I do that all the time." === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #41,858 by tuberculosis 6/10/02 4:34:28 PM Reply	Re: Hmm, wonder which class you'd put me in I know enough to know you mean there is a sub-optimal way to implement a sort, and it's the one that most beginning (or just plain bad) programmers will use. That you know enough not to put a naive sort implmentation into production code means you're good. (Frankly I can't remember how to implement a quicksort either but there are enough debugged implementations around that I never have to). The average hunter gatherer works 20 hours a week. The average farmer works 40 hours a week. The average programmer works 60 hours a week. What the hell are we thinking?
Post #41,975 by wharris2 6/11/02 1:58:33 PM Reply	Or, even That you know enough not to put a naive sort implmentation into production code means you're good. (Frankly I can't remember how to implement a quicksort either but there are enough debugged implementations around that I never have to). It's also nice to know there are places quicksorts aren't really appropriate, as well as a couple of additional sorting methods (even if you do have to look them up.) Famous last RPG quotes: "I'll just shoot this fireball down the dungeon passageway..."

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