Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ike Naar Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: Re: bubble sort Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:01:15 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 6 Message-ID: References: <08700543-f80c-4635-b069-297c5d2291ec@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:01:15 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="997df6d4337f06c91a3debbd76930da9"; logging-data="27898"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+UBCBq2QmEESLbcUoiZOds" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (NetBSD) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wEoOtfaLTIWDavc5KtBh028JaXA= Xref: csiph.com comp.programming:2055 On 2012-08-11, bob wrote: > Can someone help me understand why bubble sort is called bubble sort? > > I have never seen bubbles that sort themselves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZQPjUT5B4