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Marge sort (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_sort

The video animation shows what is going on when you merge two lists together. You're comparing the first two indices and sorting them to complete that step.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you! I now understand the joke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://youtu.be/7cDo1sWNgbI