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Sort-based Projection

Requires a temporary file/relation (Temp)

for each tuple T in Rel {
    T' = mkTuple([attrs],T)
    write T' to Temp
}

sort Temp on [attrs]

for each tuple T in Temp {
    if (T == Prev) continue
    write T to Result
    Prev = T
}