Re^2: Out of Memory when generating large matrix

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first concatenate the contents of all 197 files into a single file, then to sort that file

In other words, you're unfamiliar with merge sort.

Hardly surprising.

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Re^3: Out of Memory when generating large matrix by Anonymous Monk on Mar 06, 2018 at 02:59 UTC
Actually, this is a perfectly-boring statistical analysis requirement. The "R" programming language would consider it to be nothing more than an aperitif.	[reply]
Re^4: Out of Memory when generating large matrix by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Mar 06, 2018 at 03:06 UTC
Sounds neat; and trivial. Let's see the code!	[reply]
Re^3: Out of Memory when generating large matrix by Anonymous Monk on Mar 06, 2018 at 13:19 UTC
Are you implying that merge sort can somehow work better when fed with separate (unsorted) inputs instead of one (unsorted) input? Now I wonder, who's the one unfamiliar with merge sort?	[reply]
Re^4: Out of Memory when generating large matrix by LanX (Saint) on Mar 06, 2018 at 13:39 UTC
> instead of one (unsorted) input? The merging doesn't happen at zero cost and you need to calculate the total. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]

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