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diff --git a/documentation/bubblesort.html b/documentation/bubblesort.html index 3125b6e..fe5d6b5 100644 --- a/documentation/bubblesort.html +++ b/documentation/bubblesort.html @@ -173,6 +173,23 @@ Native: 0.79793095588684 seconds Scripted: 8.9202060699463 seconds </pre> </p> +<h2>And now a stupid question</h2> +<p> + How would the native bubblesort function compare to the built-in sort + function of PHP? This - as you will hopefully understand - is not a very + smart question. Bubblesort is an extremely inefficient algorithm, which + should never be user for real sorting. We have only used it here to demonstrate + the performance different between PHP and C++ if you run <i>exactly the same</i> + algorithm in the two languages. +</p> +<p> + The built-in sort() function of PHP is much faster than bubblesort. It is + based on quicksort, one of the best and most famous sorting algorithms there + is. And on top of that: the built-in sort() function is implemented in C! + Thus, when you compare the example C++ bubblesort function with the built-in + PHP sort() function, you are comparing two native implementations, and of + course quicksort wins over bubblesort big time! +</p> <h2>Summary</h2> <p> C++ is faster - much faster - than code in PHP, even for very simple scripts. |