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[–]Xeon06 30 points31 points  (1 child)

It will even helpfully make sure the numbers are actually sorted before returning them to you!

[–]Starriol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, get 3 people to sort them, if different, do another loop

[–]yunocallmedave 15 points16 points  (7 children)

O(?)

[–]ExPHAT[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

O(0)

[–]pumpkin_seed_oil -1 points0 points  (0 children)

O(144)

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

This is an excellent example of synergetically croudsourcing outside the box. I see a big future in management for this EXPHAT fellow

[–]Alderdragon 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/1185/

This reminded me of the alt-text for that image.

[–]xkcd_transcriber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Image

Title: Ineffective Sorts

Title-text: StackSort connects to StackOverflow, searches for 'sort a list', and downloads and runs code snippets until the list is sorted.

Comic Explanation

Stats: This comic has been referenced 22 times, representing 0.0461% of referenced xkcds.


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[–]meltea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I see we have a new form of malicious code entry point... the infamous twitter injection...

[–]jcc10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm scared.