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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 95 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Guaranteed to sort the list in nearly instantaneous time and with absolutely no downsides that are capable of objecting.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 47 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You still have to check that it's sorted, which is O(n).

We'll also assume that destroying the universe takes constant time.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We'll also assume that destroying the universe takes constant time.

Well yeah just delete the pointer to it!

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