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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bruce C. Giamei, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Martin Recktenwald, Schoenaich, DE;
Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);
Timothy Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Aditya N. Puranik, Pune, IN;
Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Christian Jacobi, West Park, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Bradbury, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Christian Zoellin, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Storage accesses for merge operations are minimized. A plurality of records of a plurality of input lists are merged. The merging includes determining that an input list of the plurality of input lists has become empty, and checking, based on determining that the input list has become empty, a control specific for the input list. The control is used to determine how to proceed, such as whether to end merging or continue merging.