Archive for October, 2009

Sorting Algorithm Shootout

Since I did my Sort Optimization post, I’ve been keeping an eye on things that happen in the sorting world.  Recently an article popped up on Reddit about someone wanting to replace the JDK sorting algorithm with a Dual Pivot Quick Sort.  This lead to the discovery that Tim Sort would be replacing Merge Sort [...]

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