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15 sorting algorithms in 6 minutes (2013) [video]

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by greggman65

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I wrote this one, a year after that video, inspired by it
https://greggman.github.io/doodles/sort
Browsers (and machines) were slower then so it didn't finish as fast as it does today. Also, it's hard to decide what steps to illustrate/count. Is a swap 1 step (swap) or 4 (load slot N to R1, load slot M to R2, store R1 in M, store R2 in N) etc...

by solarkraft

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This is such a classic video. I love showing it to people. It even made its way into non-software circles due to its satisfying sounds, here is a big streamer (who has nothing to do with software) reacting to it: https://youtu.be/4ItTg2ibo7c
Finally I get to tell one of these personal stories: I met Timo at a GPN in Karlsruhe because he had a cool LED strip project on him. He showed me some videos of other projects he had done and they had that distinct sound ...

by inferiordev

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by formvoltron

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by raffael_de

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