SORTDEMO.BAS on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2019–2023.
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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.
“this is still my ideal for demonstrating different sorts visually”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Q(uick)Basic was my first programming language, and as others mentioned NIBBLES and GORILLAS.BAS were bundled with it. It also had the ability to compile down to an executable, which was fantastic. One bundled script I don't see mentioned yet was SORTDEMO.BAS - this is still my ideal for demonstrating different sorts visually: ▶ this video
in “The Good Ol' Days of QBasic Nibbles” · View on HN
Watching SORTDEMO.BAS at the formative age of ~11 baited me into programming. I recall messing around trying to make even faster versions. ▶ this video
in “Ask HN: What's your favorite illustration in Computer Science?” · View on HN
I discovered sorting algorithms (including bubblesort) from SORTDEMO.BAS -- ▶ this video -- which came with QBasic.
in “Bubble Sort: An Archaeological Algorithmic Analysis” · View on HN