Question 9 concerning the Final Exam IN3030/IN4330 Spring 2021

Question 9:

Question related to task 3, merge sort.

Do we have to use the sketch? I wrote my own sequential merge sort with optimizations, I include these optimizations in the parallel variant so that the comparison is fair. Is this okay? or do we have to use the sketch?

Answer:

No, you do not need to use the sketch, but remember that the exam text reads: "Describe the design of a
solution that MUST be loyal to the algorithm, e.g., it must still be
recursive."

-- Eric