sub solution_1 { # queue solution # O(2*N+M) memory, O(N^2*M) time my ($list_ref1, $list_ref2) = @_; my @list1; my @list2; if (@$list_ref1 <= @$list_ref2) { @list1 = @$list_ref1; @list2 = @$list_ref2; } else { @list1 = @$list_ref2; @list2 = @$list_ref1; } my @queue = ( $list1[-1]+$list2[-1] ); for my $k (0 .. 2*$#list1) { for my $i (0 .. $k) { next if $i >= @list1; my $j = $k - $i; last if $j >= @list2; print OUT (shift(@queue),"\n") if @queue >= 0.5*@list1*@list2; my $sum = $list1[$i]+$list2[$j]; my $count = 0; $count++ until $sum <= $queue[$count]; splice @queue, $count, 0, $sum; } } pop @queue; print OUT "$_\n" for @queue; }