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Re:FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs, re... by Quekid5 on Monday August 21, 2023 @05:38PM (#37215692)
I don't think you fully read the post I was replying to. I was just saying that that poster's argument against changing the sorting algorithm was misguided.

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> will be reviewed and tested by 200 people before it reaches production

I was only saying that this is a bad argument for any simple-ish sorting algorithm.

(Granted, if you're doing super-complicated sorting algos with fallbacks for different sizes, heurestics for detecting semi-sorted input, etc. you might want something more sophisticated than trivial property-based checking.)

Re:FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs, re... by kragen on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:41PM (#37217155)
i read that as an argument against having done it that way 30 years ago, not against changing it
Re:FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs, re... by Quekid5 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @05:46PM (#37329592)
No worries!