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Re:Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algori... by kps on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:44AM (#28759379)
If this doesn't have a name (I didn't see one in the paper), I propose “interview sort”.
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Re:Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algori... by sundarurfriend on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:34PM (#28765907)
All sorts are interview sorts - that's the only context in which they come up, for most programmers.
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Re:Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algori... by genewitch on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:52PM (#28766753)
That's probably true, however didn't the default sort change between python2 and python3, as a newer, faster algorithm was found and implemented?
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