Re^2: Fastest way to merge (and de-dup) two large arrays?

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Re^3: Fastest way to merge (and de-dup) two large arrays? by perldigious (Priest) on Aug 11, 2016 at 19:13 UTC
Then as Corion suggested hashing instead of smart matching is probably a great way to go for run time efficiency. I love it when things get difficult; after all, difficult pays the mortgage. - Dr. Keith Whites I hate it when things get difficult, so I'll just sell my house and rent cheap instead. - perldigious	[reply]
Re^3: Fastest way to merge (and de-dup) two large arrays? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 11, 2016 at 19:18 UTC
On a *nix system, I would try writing both arrays out to the same file and run `sort -u` [download] on the file. Might be faster, might not...	[reply] [d/l]