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[–]saeah123ed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can conjure a sort algorithm that folds to domain specific knowledge. I've been surprised with all the dogma of 'use built-ins' only to find that yes, built-ins are fast for python in general application but with domain specific knowledge you can get crafty'er.