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author | Emiel Bruijntjes <emiel.bruijntjes@copernica.com> | 2014-03-11 21:05:12 +0100 |
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committer | Emiel Bruijntjes <emiel.bruijntjes@copernica.com> | 2014-03-11 21:05:12 +0100 |
commit | ba994c3c34e3bc48d79d8bd65d5aed775a48f37a (patch) | |
tree | 6258507a338eed79d7344a8f59edcece1031a545 /documentation | |
parent | 6e772f474531770792bf1e6143e38257c38c8cee (diff) |
updated stupid question over the bubblesort example
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-rw-r--r-- | documentation/bubblesort.html | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/bubblesort.html b/documentation/bubblesort.html index fe5d6b5..c69c0e0 100644 --- a/documentation/bubblesort.html +++ b/documentation/bubblesort.html @@ -173,13 +173,13 @@ Native: 0.79793095588684 seconds Scripted: 8.9202060699463 seconds </pre> </p> -<h2>And now a stupid question</h2> +<h2>And now a silly question</h2> <p> How would the native bubblesort function compare to the built-in sort function of PHP? This - as you will hopefully understand - is not a very smart question. Bubblesort is an extremely inefficient algorithm, which should never be user for real sorting. We have only used it here to demonstrate - the performance different between PHP and C++ if you run <i>exactly the same</i> + the performance difference between PHP and C++ if you run <i>exactly the same</i> algorithm in the two languages. </p> <p> @@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ Scripted: 8.9202060699463 seconds based on quicksort, one of the best and most famous sorting algorithms there is. And on top of that: the built-in sort() function is implemented in C! Thus, when you compare the example C++ bubblesort function with the built-in - PHP sort() function, you are comparing two native implementations, and of - course quicksort wins over bubblesort big time! + PHP sort() function, you are comparing two native implementations, and not + the performance difference between PHP with C++. And of these native sorting algorithms, + quicksort wins big time! </p> <h2>Summary</h2> <p> |