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		as4296 on June 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms disco... Lol I was about to say that would be incredibly crazy if they found a new sorting algorithm. My time complexity in USACO bout to go crazy.

dataflow on June 7, 2023 [–]

I get your sentiment but note that discovering a new algorithm doesn't have to imply a better time complexity. Bubble Sort and Insertion Sort have the same time complexity but are different algorithms.

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