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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:51:04 -0600
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/dev/vx if_vx.c if_vxreg.h src/sys/i386/apm apm.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC files.i386 src/sys/i386/eisa 3c5x9.c aha1742.c aic7770.c bt74x.c eisaconf.c eisaconf.h if_fea.c if_vx_eisa.c src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf. 
Message-ID:  <199709230651.AAA13934@pluto.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Sep 1997 23:39:30 PDT." <19970922233930.12159@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> 

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>> I'll stop for now, since this is as much a learning experience for me as
>> anything, and I don't want to wear out my welcome. :) :)
>
>now... I want to know why something more effecient isn't used.. something
>like a Fibonacci heap...  this will provide amortized constant time for
>insert and minimum (find what is min)... then for actually deleting a
>key (performed once for each key when either expired or removed) it
>performs in O(lgn) time...

I considered using a standard heap, but heaps are expensive/difficult
to grow on demand as it requires reallocating an array.  I'm not
familiar with Fibonacci heaps though and perhaps this isn't a problem
with them.

>-- 
>  John-Mark Gurney                          Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954
>  Cu Networking
>
>  Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD

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