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List sort has quadratic worst-case runtime?
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`List.Sort` claims to use `Array.Sort`, which uses introsort. It also claims that the worst-case runtime is `O(n^2)`.
`Array.Sort` claims to use introsort, and it claims that the worst-case runtime is `O(n log n)`. It also claims that this is only the case after .NET 4.5, and it had a `O(n^2)` worst-case in .NET 4.0.
I suspect the `List.Sort` documentation didn't get updated for .NET 4.5?
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* ID: 36bdb60d-fa8f-84c1-6d7d-e17b06096112
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* Content: [List<T>.Sort Method (System.Collections.Generic)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1.sort?view=netframework-4.7.2)
* Content Source: [xml/System.Collections.Generic/List`1.xml](https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/master/xml/System.Collections.Generic/List`1.xml)
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