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1 yr. ago

[HN] FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs, results in 100x speed

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Performance @programming.dev agilob @programming.dev 1 yr. ago

FreeBSD (HEAD) no longer spends time running a bubblesort on its SYSINITs. We're now running a mergesort which is ~100x faster

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Seriously? I’m shocked this is news. This is 1st year computer science degree stuff.

I mean, glad they figured it out I suppose.
- For real, this must be a joke. Bubble sort is the canonical example of a slow algorithms primarily to motivate why the others are better.