Re: Parallel quicksort
Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 15-05-2010 11:35, Jon Harrop wrote:
I cannot find an implementation of parallel quicksort in Java. Does
anyone have one or know where I can get one?
public static void tqsint_help(int n1, int n2, int[] ia, int depth,
int tdepth) {
....
>
if (depth >= tdepth) {
if (n1 < r)
tqsint_help(n1, r, ia, depth + 1, tdepth);
if (l < n2)
tqsint_help(l, n2, ia, depth + 1, tdepth);
} else {
ThreadSortHelp h1 = new ThreadSortHelp(n1, r, ia, depth + 1,
tdepth);
ThreadSortHelp h2 = new ThreadSortHelp(l, n2, ia, depth + 1,
tdepth);
...
Rather than make the caller guess a good value for tdepth, I think
you'd be better off with
if (r-n1>WORTH_THREADING) {
...new TheadSortHelp(...
} else if (n1<r) {
tqsint_help(...
}
and similar for l, n2.
The partition sizes can vary, and you could find in some partitions
that n1>=r before depth>=tdepth.
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