sort dances

[A Smith]

When I did my first degree(73-77) in Computer Engineering  we used bits of
paper pulled from a bucket,each with a number on it to demonstrate the
importance of using the correct algorithm for a task  using Bubble and Shell
Sort. The actual program was written(punched onto cards) in FORTRAN IV and
run on the Burroughs B5700 overnight.   Some of us did extra-curricular
activities and also wrote it in K &R C on the PDP11/45 running Unix System
V.

Andrew  in Edinburgh


2009/9/19 David Dorward <david at dorward.me.uk>

> On 18 Sep 2009, at 22:31, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
>
>> On 18 Sep 2009, at 21:41, Piers Cawley wrote:
>>
>>  On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Dave Hodgkinson <davehodg at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there any video out there of l.pm doing the bubble sort?
>>>>
>>>
>>> ISTR it was performed before the days of pervasive video cameras in
>>> every pocket. Leastways, I _hope_ it was.
>>>
>>
>> Then we need a recreation.
>>
>
>
> There is usually a nice open space at the front of the main hall that has
> video cameras trained on it at LPW…
>
> --
> David Dorward
> http://dorward.me.uk
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