Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment:

[Raymond]
> Also, I question your assertions about running time. [...]

Interesting observation.  I wonder what the average number of comparisons 
actually is, for random inputs.  A quick back-of-the-envelope calculation 
suggests that O(max(k*log(k)*log(n), n)) might be a tighter upper bound.

Anyway, I agree with Benjamin that you (newacct) would need to implement the 
algorithm and demonstrate an obvious improvement.  Even then, it would be hard 
to swallow changing the algorithms to require O(n) space.

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