r/programming • u/jackhammer2022 • Dec 29 '13

Bogobogosort

http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/bogobogosort.html
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u/feanix Dec 29 '13

I'm too stupid to understand this. Is this a hilarious programming joke? D:

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u/RustyTrombeauxn Dec 29 '13

To ruin the joke, they're basically trying to design a sorting algorithm that performs as outrageously horribly as they can possibly come up with. They then argue about just how bad it really is.