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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago

I hate when computer scientists use “sorting” for “ordering”. It’s been mistranslated into other languages, too.

[-] stelelor@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

I am very new to the world of CS but I appreciate precise vocabulary. Is my understanding below correct?

  • Sorting = Assigning each object to one category ("bin").

  • Ordering = Like sorting, but the categories themselves have an inherent hierarchy/order (numerical, alphabetical, etc.)

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

Yes but people say “sorting algorithms” when describibg programs that put elements of a list in the correct order.

[-] LwL@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

sort, verb: "to put a number of things in an order or to separate them into groups"

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Radix sort is truly a sorting algorithm though, it just results in an ordering.

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