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SORTDEMO.BAS

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Algorithms & data structuresDemoscene & retrocomputing

What it is

A three-minute capture of SORTDEMO.BAS, the sorting visualization that shipped with QBasic. It animates insertion, bubble, heap, exchange, shell and quick sort with chiptune-like sound.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN fondly recalls it as the ideal visual demonstration of sorting algorithms and as the thing that got some people into programming.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “this is still my ideal for demonstrating different sorts visually”

    Ideal visual demonstration of different sorts

    choult, 2022-05 · Recommendation · in “The Good Ol' Days of QBasic Nibbles”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: qbasic, sorting, algorithms, retro computing, visualization

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