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jere on Oct 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s really so bad about bubble sort?

Perhaps not cute, but I find the name "Timsort" pretty amusing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timsort

koenigdavidmj on Oct 12, 2012 [–]

The name `Tim' got much funnier after Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Thanks, Tim the Enchanter!

Of course the sort is named after Tim Peters, its author, rather than the said character. Sorry, Mr Peters!

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