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Time Peters wrote Timsort for python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timsort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timsort I think quite a few languages adopted it as th
by hayd 11y ago
Time Peters wrote Timsort for python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timsort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timsort
I think quite a few languages adopted it as their default sort.
- vram22 11y agoAh, I remembered his name, but had forgotten that it was called Timsort, thanks. Interesting that others also used it.
- andrewf 11y agoJava's standard lib uses Timsort for sorting Object[], and quicksort for arrays of primatives. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018332/is-java-7-using-tim-sort-for-the-method-arrays-sort http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018332/is-java-7-using-t...