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SORTDEMO.BAS
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A three-minute capture of SORTDEMO.BAS, the sorting visualization that shipped with QBasic. It animates insertion, bubble, heap, exchange, shell and quick sort with chiptune-like sound.
HN fondly recalls it as the ideal visual demonstration of sorting algorithms and as the thing that got some people into programming.
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