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Vectorized and performance-portable Quicksort (2022)

174 points · 31 comments · mococa

  1. kg · · focus · HN ↗
    (2022)

    If you're curious why you would want a vectorized way to sort lists of numbers, one use case is building histograms - it's much easier to build a histogram if you've sorted all your samples first

    1. mcdonje · · focus · HN ↗
      >(2002)

      I wonder what apps have implemented this now that a few years have passed.

      1. mcdonje · · focus · HN ↗
        oops, 2022
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