[Issue 2819] array.sort segfaults if array length >=0x8F_FFFF

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2819





------- Comment #3 from andrei at metalanguage.com  2009-04-07 15:05 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > (In reply to comment #0)
> > > This is just another reason for the built-in .sort to be deprecated.
> > 
> > I don't understand.  How is this bug a consequence of sort being built in?
> 
> It isn't. But the fact that the built-in sort is buggy as well as slow and
> limited, further weakens its appeal. It just doesn't seem to have much going
> for it.
> 

I agree. By the way, if anyone has run numbers on the relative speeds of
various sort implementations, please share.


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