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<li> TPC3 in Monterey, CA 1999

<li> Co-wrote and presented "A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting"


   <A href="http://www.sysarch.com/perl/sort_paper.html">http://www.sysarch.com/perl/sort_paper.html</A>
<li> Co-author was Larry Rosler (retired from HP and Perl)

<li> Introduced the GRT as a way to speed up Perl sorts

<li> It won the prize for Best Technical Paper

<li> A module Sort::Records was promised which would implement the GRT

<li> Sort::Records was started but a code and design review showed many
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<li> Sort::Records was shelved during development because of a code review

<li> People still write to me asking about that module
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	20	<li> TPC3 in Monterey, CA 1999
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	22	<li> Co-wrote and presented "A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting"
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	25	<A href="http://www.sysarch.com/perl/sort_paper.html">http://www.sysarch.com/perl/sort_paper.html</A>
	26	<li> Co-author was Larry Rosler (retired from HP and Perl)
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	28	<li> Introduced the GRT as a way to speed up Perl sorts
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	30	<li> It won the prize for Best Technical Paper
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	32	<li> A module Sort::Records was promised which would implement the GRT
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	34	<li> Sort::Records was started but a code and design review showed many
	35	problems.
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	37	<li> Sort::Records was shelved during development because of a code review
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	39	<li> People still write to me asking about that module
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