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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI hate when computer scientists use “sorting” for “ordering”. It’s been mistranslated into other languages, too.
minus-squarestelelor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI 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.)
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYes but people say “sorting algorithms” when describibg programs that put elements of a list in the correct order.
minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agosort, verb: “to put a number of things in an order or to separate them into groups”
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoRadix sort is truly a sorting algorithm though, it just results in an ordering.
I hate when computer scientists use “sorting” for “ordering”. It’s been mistranslated into other languages, too.
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.)
Yes but people say “sorting algorithms” when describibg programs that put elements of a list in the correct order.
sort, verb: “to put a number of things in an order or to separate them into groups”
Radix sort is truly a sorting algorithm though, it just results in an ordering.