in reply to Re^2: Strange concatenation
in thread Strange concatenation

How could splitting and rejoining be faster than a plain string sort, if they are not needed? (If they were, it would be a different story, of course.)

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Re^4: Strange concatenation
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 23, 2006 at 16:22 UTC
    But the Schwartzian Transform always makes sorting faster! Haven't you read anything??