But what does a sorting algorithm sound like?

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by henryl • 17 years ago

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jim-greer• 17 years ago

The visualizations linked there are great too:

http://www.hatfulofhollow.com/posts/code/timsort/index.html

http://www.hatfulofhollow.com/posts/code/visualisingsorting/

jpwagner• 17 years ago

That is amazing!

Great idea.

bigwill• 17 years ago

Great start. You could definitely get a more musical sound out of it by mapping it onto a scale rather than just the full range of MIDI notes. Also, this approach operates on fixed note lengths--another interesting idea might be to use one of the compared numbers to determine note length rather than a second pitch.

mburney• 17 years ago

Very cool.

nudded• 17 years ago

I can't wait for the first array that will sound like the mario tune when sorted. Kudos to the creater if a different algorithm will create another song

dca• 17 years ago

And so now, thanks to this, we have the answer... it sounds like an old NES RPG.

But what does a sorting algorithm sound like?

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