How well sorted is your algorithm? Choosing the right method to sort numbers has a huge effect on how quickly a computer can process a task. Alex Pinkney talks about two popular sorting algorithms and how they 'scale up.'
Follow up film "Quick Sort": http://youtu.be/XE4VP_8Y0BU
Alex's code that generated the data for the tests:
https://github.com/apinkney97/Sorts
Alex's graph of all the results:
http://eprg.org/allplots.pdf
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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
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