I first had a list of size 8, then 4, then 2, but then I had another problem of size 2.

首先是一个有8个元素的序列，接着变成了4个元素，接着2个元素，然后我就碰到了有2个元素的另一个问题。

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So compare the front of this list which is 4 2 against the front of this list which is 2.

因此比较这个列表中的4和4,这个列表中的。

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Just to give you an example, here's one list, 1 2 4 30 3121724 Here's another list, 12430.

举个一例子来说，一个列表：3，12，17，24，另一个列表：

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Advance this pointer-- this finger, to the next element of the list which is 4, make the comparison.

前移这个指示器--也就是这根手指，让它指向列表中的,下一个元素4，再做比较。

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We don't seem to be doing that just yet, certainly not as badly, alright, so at this point in the story I have a sorted list of size 4.

当然现在我们不需要那样做,此时此刻,我已对整个问题中大小为4的列表排好序了。

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