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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:53:56PM +1000, Tim Robbins wrote:

> It's not quite as fast as the GNU or 4.4BSD sort implementations

Why is this?

I often need to sort huge files, so I'd be reluctant to use an
implementation with a significant performance penalty.

Kris

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