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bob

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Aug 11, 2012, 12:32:59 AM8/11/12
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Can someone help me understand why bubble sort is called bubble sort?

I have never seen bubbles that sort themselves.

Ike Naar

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Aug 11, 2012, 2:01:15 AM8/11/12
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On 2012-08-11, bob <b...@coolfone.comze.com> wrote:
> Can someone help me understand why bubble sort is called bubble sort?
>
> I have never seen bubbles that sort themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZQPjUT5B4

Willem

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Aug 11, 2012, 5:37:57 AM8/11/12
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bob wrote:
) Can someone help me understand why bubble sort is called bubble sort?
)
) I have never seen bubbles that sort themselves.

It's a verb, not a noun.


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Mark F

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Aug 11, 2012, 12:40:28 PM8/11/12
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The AlgoRythmics also have:
quick sort, merge sort, insert sort, select sort,
Shell sort

I couldn't find any parallel sorts.

pete

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Aug 11, 2012, 9:19:19 PM8/11/12
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Mark F wrote:
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> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:01:15 +0000 (UTC), Ike Naar
> <i...@sverige.freeshell.org> wrote:
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> > On 2012-08-11, bob <b...@coolfone.comze.com> wrote:
> > > Can someone help me understand why bubble sort
> > > is called bubble sort?

> Shell sort

Bubble sort
was also named after the person who developed it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bubble

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Jongware

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Aug 13, 2012, 6:01:15 AM8/13/12
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On 11-Aug-12 6:32 AM, bob wrote:
> Can someone help me understand why bubble sort is called bubble sort?
>
> I have never seen bubbles that sort themselves.

Good point. I have the same reservations about the so-called "quick
sort", I often find it lacking speed when sorting several million text
strings. Can we call a "false advertising!" on that?

[Jw]

Fritz Wuehler

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Aug 13, 2012, 3:35:31 PM8/13/12
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Jongware <jong...@no-spam.plz> wrote:

> On 11-Aug-12 6:32 AM, bob wrote:
> > Can someone help me understand why bubble sort is called bubble sort?

Only you can know the answer to that.

> > I have never seen bubbles that sort themselves.

You've led a very sheltered and stupid life indeed.

"To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion."

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