Horst von Brand wrote:
>
> Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> said:
>
> [...]
>
> > Wouldn't a heap be a good data structure for a list of timers? Insertion
> > is log(n) and finding the one with the least time is O(1), ie pop off the
> > front.... It can be implemented in an array which should help cache
> > coherency and all those other things they talked about in school :)
>
> Insertion and deleting the first are both O(log N). Plus the array is fixed
> size (bad idea) and the jumping around in the array thrashes the caches.
> --
And your solution is?
George
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