The next sorting algorithm in this series is the Merge Sort. Of the algorithms covered so far, this algorithm comes closest to the Shell Sort algorithm. The reason for this lies in how the comparisons are done in both algorithms: instead of working on the entire array, both the shell sort and the merge sort [...]

1000 elements to sort. Sanity check. PHP native sort() algorithm took: 0.002461 seconds. Memory used: 48264 bytes Running SelectionSort sort. Algorithm took: 0.273260 seconds. Memory used: 48272 bytes 1000 elements to sort.Sanity check. PHP native sort() algorithm took: 0.002461 seconds. Memory used: 48264 bytesRunning SelectionSort sort. Algorithm took: 0.273260 seconds. Memory used: 48272 bytesNext in [...]

I’ve been looking for a while for a good, easy to use, easy to install, no fuss alarm clock. Just something I can set to go off in 10 minutes. Or at 2 o’clock. Or tomorrow. I haven’t found any apps that did that in a nice and easy fashion. I have found several that [...]

Having gone through the setup of my new site for PL PHP in Comparing CMS/blog systems, part 3.1: Typo3 day to day I next wanted to try going through the same with CMS Made Simple. As noted in Comparing CMS/blog systems, part 2 I didn’t get CMS Made Simple installed the first time round, but [...]

The individual posting on the blogs and cms’ will be bigger, given that there’s simply more to do than for installing. Hence, I’ve decided to split the posts into smaller chunks, dealing with one product at a time. On top of that, the ordering has changed a tad – I wanted to start with the [...]