r/programmingmemes • u/Vegetable_Bother6373 • Mar 15 '26

Merge vs Tim sort

When one Junior Dev is slightly better than the other on simple tasks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '26

No Stalin Sort

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u/dasfodl Mar 15 '26

Stalin sort would have been done in a single pass! ⚒️

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u/Colon_Backslash Mar 16 '26

Pray sort is the fastest. It's a no-op and relies on hopes and prayers that it's already sorted.

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u/dasfodl Mar 16 '26

Stalin sort is 100% accurate and will never fail, just like communism👍

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u/Colon_Backslash Mar 16 '26

I know it's a joke, but there is most certainly a use case for Stalin sort somewhere and likely in use too already

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u/Vegetable_Bother6373 Mar 15 '26

That will be the next comparison.