Conclusion
This chapter surveyed some key concepts about algorithms and complexity. A close look at complexity dispelled the idea that the answer to every problem is better hardware! After briefly surveying a few algorithms that are particularly important to the SQL Server engine, the chapter ended with a practical example.
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