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\$\begingroup\$ My reaction to this, as a CJam source: Wtf? explanation needed... \$\endgroup\$

edc65
– edc65

2014-10-01 14:57:22 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 14:57
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\$\begingroup\$ Nice way of getting min and max using array index instead of popping and then swapping things around \$\endgroup\$

Optimizer
– Optimizer

2014-10-01 14:59:18 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 14:59
\$\begingroup\$ It's probably my cold speaking, but why do you sort twice? Shouldn't a sorted array stay sorted if a constant is subtracted from each element? \$\endgroup\$

Ingo Bürk
– Ingo Bürk

2014-10-01 17:23:39 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 17:23
\$\begingroup\$ @IngoBürk The sorted array doesn't survive the array access, I think. Which makes sense, because the final result must not be sorted. \$\endgroup\$

Martin Ender
– Martin Ender

2014-10-01 17:24:27 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 17:24
\$\begingroup\$ @MartinBüttner D'oh. Of course. We need to retain order for the result. Thanks! \$\endgroup\$

Ingo Bürk
– Ingo Bürk

2014-10-01 17:25:27 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 17:25

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