private static Set TopCountWithTiesInternal(Set InputSet, int NCount, Expression SortExpression, bool Desc)
        {
            List <TupleValue> TupleValues = new List <TupleValue>();

            PriorityQueue queue = new PriorityQueue();

            foreach (Tuple t in InputSet.Tuples)
            {
                double dblValue = (double)SortExpression.Calculate(t);
                if (!Desc)
                {
                    dblValue = -dblValue;
                }
                TupleValue tv = new TupleValue(t, dblValue);

                bool bInsertTuple = false;
                if (queue.Count < NCount || queue.CountWithoutTies < NCount) //short circuit on simple count... only hit CountWithTies when needed
                {
                    bInsertTuple = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    TupleValue r   = (TupleValue)queue.Peek();
                    int        cmp = tv.CompareTo(r);
                    if (cmp > 0)
                    {
                        //a new lower value is being added which bumps off the highest value
                        //if there's a tie for the highest value, bump all the ties off
                        while (r.CompareTo((TupleValue)queue.Peek()) == 0)
                        {
                            queue.Pop();
                        }
                        bInsertTuple = true;
                    }
                    else if (cmp == 0)
                    {
                        bInsertTuple = true;
                    }
                }

                if (bInsertTuple)
                {
                    queue.Push(tv);
                }
            }


            System.Collections.Generic.Stack <TupleValue> stack = new System.Collections.Generic.Stack <TupleValue>(queue.Count);
            while (queue.Count > 0)
            {
                TupleValue tv = (TupleValue)queue.Pop();
                stack.Push(tv);
            }

            SetBuilder sb = new SetBuilder();

            while (stack.Count > 0)
            {
                TupleValue tv = stack.Pop();
                sb.Add(tv.Tuple);
            }

            return(sb.ToSet());
        }