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Joshua Cranmer schrieb:
> On 6/9/2012 1:44 PM, Leif Roar Moldskred wrote:
>> There's no use to have a "favorite algorithm" decoupled from
>> context.. Quicksort is a nice sorting algorithm, by all means, but
>> sometimes -- admittedly very rarely -- the right choice is nonetheless
>> bubblesort.
>
> Well, I believe Knuth once said that bubblesort has nothing to recommend
> it except some interesting math problems.
>
> I tend to use heapsort or insertion sort pretty exclusively if I have to
> code a sort by hand.
>
>

Oops, the jury forgot to honor the above troll meme: "Hi I am
junior troll, I know I lack the originality and spice of
real trolls, but I know how to use my keyboard and
can easily add to the smoke rising."