[Haskell-cafe] Sorting efficiency

[Clark Gaebel]

It's generally not advisable to use Data.List for performance-sensitive
parts of an application.

Try using Data.Vector instead: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/vector

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 11:23 AM, David Feuer <david.feuer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm writing a toy program (for a SPOJ problem--see
> https://www.spoj.pl/problems/ABCDEF/ ) and the profiler says my
> performance problem is that I'm spending too much time sorting. I'm
> using Data.List.sort on [Int32] (it's a 32-bit architecture). Others,
> using other languages, have managed to solve the problem within the
> time limit using the same approach I've taken (I believe), but mine is
> taking too long. Any suggestions? Do I need to do something insane
> like sorting in an STUArray?
>
> David Feuer
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