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To be fair, the wikipedia page for the algorithm is called "Fisher–Yates shuffle". This is in my experience a common way to call an algorithm. I can't think o
by burgerbrain 15y ago
To be fair, the wikipedia page for the algorithm is called "Fisher–Yates shuffle". This is in my experience a common way to call an algorithm. I can't think of a better way to do it.
- benmathes 15y agoAfter putting a few seconds of thought into it, "In place shuffle" explains what it does better than "Fisher-Yates shuffle". I'm not complaining about Fisher or Yates, who are just following the example their/our research community uses.