Looking for performance? Probably you should NOT use [].sort (V8)
Read OriginalThis article details a performance comparison between JavaScript's native Array.sort() and custom implementations of sorting algorithms like Merge Sort and Heap Sort. The author tests these algorithms with large arrays (500k elements) in Node.js (V8 engine), finding the native sort significantly faster than unoptimized custom implementations, which took minutes versus sub-second performance.
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