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in thread Is this a fair shuffle?

Having one algorithm that shuffles in-place and the others that don't is not a fair comparison. As Abigail points out, the void context is a problem; they results should be assigned somewhere. Then the dramatic advantage of sort disappears.

The speed test wasn't done on 4-element arrays, BTW.

Odd, all the nodes in this thread list as having negative reps, but in my Nodes you Wrote, they're positive. And I gained XP overnight.

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Re^7: Is this a fair shuffle?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 01, 2005 at 12:00 UTC

    I noticed the neg reps in the thread, but mine also show up positive on the list.

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