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The Vindication of Bubble Sort (two-wrongs.com)

submitted 11 months ago by lysdexic@programming.dev to c/data_structures@programming.dev

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[–] arendjr@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Dunno what to say except that I started programming as an early teenager without formal education, so I “invented” bubble sort before I ever heard of other sorting mechanisms.

I agree it shouldn’t be used in real-life, but to me it’s pretty intuitive and at least I’ve disproven that “nobody” comes up with this by themselves :)

[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

You specifically came up with bubble sort and not insertion sort?

(Edit: sorry for the duplicates; my internet connection is not great.)

[–] arendjr@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

~~Yes :)~~

Edit: Sorry, this wasn't true, see other comment!

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah me too

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