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Re^8: Better mousetrap (getting top N values from list X)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 03, 2005 at 23:34 UTC

    So,...you said:

    ...if you had lazy lists (coming in perl6)...

    And I couldn't see how lazy lists would benefit this problem; hence my original question (way back up there^^^ somewhere).

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      You're correct, sort is strict on its input arguments (i.e. it has to evaluate each one), but the importance of laziness comes about because the output is a lazy list.

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        See 427875

        Examine what is said, not who speaks.
        Silence betokens consent.
        Love the truth but pardon error.
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