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Returns a sorted list in O(1) time (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by JPDev to c/programmer_humor

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[–] murtaza64 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

you can make it sort the first k elements and it will still be O(1). Set k high enough and it might even be useful

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I set k to 50,000,000,000... that's more items than my shitty computer can fit in memory (including swsp) but I am now happy to celebrate my O(1) algorithm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

By that logic, any sorting implementation is O(1), as the indexing variable/address type has limited size