But what does a sorting algorithm sound like?

Posted by henryl on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @05:13PM
from the pillowsopher.com dept.

http://www.pillowsopher.com/blog/?p=116

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Re:But what does a sorting algorithm sound like? by jim-greer on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @05:59PM (#756545)

The visualizations linked there are great too:

http://www.hatfulofhollow.com/posts/code/timsort/index.html

http://www.hatfulofhollow.com/posts/code/visualisingsorting/

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Re:But what does a sorting algorithm sound like? by bigwill on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @06:58PM (#756685)

Great start. You could definitely get a more musical sound out of it by mapping it onto a scale rather than just the full range of MIDI notes. Also, this approach operates on fixed note lengths--another interesting idea might be to use one of the compared numbers to determine note length rather than a second pitch.

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Re:But what does a sorting algorithm sound like? by nudded on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @04:41AM (#757606)

I can't wait for the first array that will sound like the mario tune when sorted. Kudos to the creater if a different algorithm will create another song

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Re:But what does a sorting algorithm sound like? by dca on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @07:25AM (#757759)

And so now, thanks to this, we have the answer... it sounds like an old NES RPG.

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Re:But what does a sorting algorithm sound like? by jpwagner on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @06:36PM (#756625)

That is amazing!

Great idea.

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Re:But what does a sorting algorithm sound like? by mburney on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @09:50PM (#757063)

Very cool.

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