in reply to Re^8: Better mousetrap (getting top N values from list X)
in thread Better mousetrap (getting top N values from list X)

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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Re^10: Better mousetrap (getting top N values from list X)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 04, 2005 at 00:05 UTC

    See 427875

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