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Life & fun · May 8, 2020

Radix sort big files in memory

Mmap radix sort file by a fixed length prefix of each line - afiodorov/radixmmap

Radix sort big files in memory launched on May 8, 2020 with 36 votes, #946 of 4,813 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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Radix sort big files in memory is a GitHub-hosted utility for sorting large files using the radix sort algorithm. It's designed for users who need to process substantial datasets efficiently. The tool stands out by implementing radix sorting, which can be faster than comparison-based sorting methods for certain data types, making it useful for applications requiring optimized performance on large-scale file sorting tasks.

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