Re: Re: Re: I want Max to Min
Originally posted by Sam Hobbs
Many people expect order from a binary tree without a sort ever being needed. It is very possible to create an array that is in a specified order without ever sorting it.
But the point of a binary tree is that the sorting happens during insertion of elements... IOW it is sorted, but there's no explicit sort() command, since it's always maintained in a sorted state.
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