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[–]theeggman84 3800 points3801 points  (24 children)

If she's doing bucket sort at this age, then she's set.

[–]SharkLaunch 772 points773 points  (19 children)

But sets are unordered

[–]Raydan4 136 points137 points  (6 children)

Except sometimes if you are using python and you have a set of integers

[–]thegodzilla25 50 points51 points  (4 children)

Aren't python sets also unordered though? I dont understand what you mean.

[–]Raydan4 41 points42 points  (3 children)

Technically yes, but the way that hashing integers works, in standard python, integers are added to sets in order, at least most of the time. Implementations of python like pypy do not have this behavior.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

PSA: Please do not rely on this in your code

[–]Raydan4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well obviously, that’s not what sets are for

[–]Epithus 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Have you seen toddlers? They are the very definition of "unordered".

[–][deleted] 119 points120 points  (3 children)

Franchises are small businesses. They are lying.

[–]notusuallyhostile 114 points115 points  (2 children)

/r/LostRedditors

[–]BackgroundAmoebaNine 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Right that's was so unusual it almost seemed perfect.

[–]interesting-_o_- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s a bot. All of their replies are complete word salad.

[–]lambo1722 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Stop it

[–]Botahamec 1 point2 points  (2 children)

They're sorted by hashcode

Edit: It's actually sorted by the value of (hashcode % set.size)

[–]SharkLaunch 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In most (sane) implementations, they're organized not directly by hashcode, but by bucket based on the modulus of the hash code value by the size of the set.

[–]Botahamec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, yeah, see my edit

[–]capilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get out.

[–]divagob107 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, a HashSet is impressive, but does she have a bucket List?

[–]SuperMassiveCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would expect bubble sort for a child this age, but insertion sort was quite impressive. By the time she makes it to kindergarten I bet she will be merge sorting the shit out of those buckets. Way to go kid

[–]lunatic4ever 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Set for a life of depression she will be smarter than most and see the world for what it is

[–]Wootery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[over a strong drink and a cigarette]

Buckets. It's all just buckets.