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You probably should mention that this approach would be faster on large, sorted arrays than small ones.

cllpse
– cllpse

2008-09-27 23:07:44 +00:00
Commented Sep 27, 2008 at 23:07
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why would this be slower on smaller arrays?

vidstige
– vidstige

2011-08-22 07:54:12 +00:00
Commented Aug 22, 2011 at 7:54
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@vidstige: He means it scales well, but isn't necessarily fastest for small inputs.

Lightness Races in Orbit
– Lightness Races in Orbit

2014-02-11 12:53:28 +00:00
Commented Feb 11, 2014 at 12:53
This runs in O(lg n) as opposed to O(n), which is way more scalable

bigpotato
– bigpotato

2014-09-22 19:09:17 +00:00
Commented Sep 22, 2014 at 19:09

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