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Why are you still arguing about this? Your original claim was, "if you build a binary heap...and make that heap big enough to require multiple pages (about 8 M
by jemfinch 16y ago
Why are you still arguing about this? Your original claim was, "if you build a binary heap...and make that heap big enough to require multiple pages (about 8 MB". It does not take 8 MB to make a heap "big enough to require multiple pages." It takes 4 KB. PHK's example was a middling-sized heap, not the minimum heap necessary to require multiple pages, as you implied with your original statement.
- sesqu 16y agoThe original was make that heap big enough to require multiple pages (about 8 MB, in this case You are arguing that it has to be 4 KB. timr is arguing it has to be big enough, and that it is 8 MB. The implication is that it is big enough to qualify, without commenting on how big is big enough. The wording was misleading, and you made the mistake of focusing on what you saw to be an error in expression and taking it to be error in meaning, even after debate. Sadly, that's a very easy mistake to make, especially if you haven't argued with people very much, and it is only exacerbated by a textual medium with memory that can be referenced. If you ever find yourself in a similar situation again, try to read the whole offending paragraph for context. A lot of people make inaccurate statements that can only be correctly understood by identifying their frame of thought (which can be in error, muddled, or just presuming).