C++ Footprint and Performance Optimization

Chapter 10. Blocks of Data

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Comparing Blocks of Data

• The Theory of Sorting Data

• Sorting Techniques

Often, the programs you write will at some point need to perform actions on blocks of data. Think, for instance, of using numerical information for setting up graphics, or handling a textual database of client addresses. Your program might need to go through a large base of such addresses in order to produce a list of clients ordered by name, ZIP code, or age grouping. Perhaps you even need to generate specific subsets from a certain base of information, creating a list of clients with outstanding orders or bills, for instance. Of course, the larger the blocks of data are that your program needs to analyze, the more important become ...