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[–] [email protected] 87 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.

[–] [email protected] 44 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

universe.take()

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