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Authored by cyril_freebsdfoundation.org on May 17 2021, 8:12 PM.

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rG68d3790ba0bc: sort: Change default algorithm to mergesort

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This results in a significant improvement in the runtime of sort.

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cyril_freebsdfoundation.org requested review of this revision.May 17 2021, 8:12 PM

cyril_freebsdfoundation.org created this revision.

Looks good. I can't see any mention of the default algorithm in the man page, so I guess no updates are needed there.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.May 19 2021, 2:06 PM

Closed by commit rG68d3790ba0bc: sort: Change default algorithm to mergesort (authored by cyril_freebsdfoundation.org, committed by markj). · Explain WhyJun 17 2021, 5:55 PM

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