>I didn't place any restrictions on my orignial statement. Its the fastest sort, all other sorting techniques can't do it as fast. Period < g >. I didn't ask for the fastest general purpose sorting technique.

OIC, it was a trick question< g >. Seriously, give the way the question was phrased (no indication of data type(s), etc.) it was a bit tough to figure out. FWIW, IMO it really doesn't even qualify as a sort since no re-arranging of the elements occurs, but rather a simple re-assigning to another array.