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		svat on Oct 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting... Oh yes, good point: I got carried away; there is a difference! Simplicity is subjective (I think mine is simpler of course :P), but the algorithm in the post is indeed more surprising.

pricecomstock on Oct 5, 2021 [–]

Your algorithm does appear in Section 3.1 of the linked paper by the name "Exchange Sort"

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