“there's a (also very interesting) Google Tech Talk”
Bentley's Google Tech Talk on quicksort
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Ah, and Jon Bentley's chapter about quicksort, along whose lines there's a (also very interesting) Google Tech Talk: this video
Three Beautiful Quicksorts
45K views · Oct 9, 2007 · 53:56 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2010–2023
Jon Bentley walks through three implementations of Hoare's Quicksort, from a dozen-line C function to a series of systematic code transformations that make the program ever simpler and more powerful. It is a Google Tech Talk on code elegance and program derivation.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters point to it as programming inspiration and as a source of Bentley's anecdotes about adding function by deleting code.
“If you're looking for programming inspiration I love these videos”HN comment, 2023
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“If you're looking for programming inspiration I love these videos”
Programming inspiration through beautiful quicksort implementations
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I'm sorry these are videos, but your question made me think of these. If you're looking for programming inspiration I love these videos Jon Bentley - Three Beautiful Quicksorts this video Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle link
“I'm reminded of this Google Tech Talk, where the speaker (Jon Bentley) refers to a colleague's praise of someone who”
Bentley quoting praise for adding function by deleting code
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I'm reminded of this Google Tech Talk, where the speaker (Jon Bentley) refers to a colleague's praise of someone who "adds function by deleting code": this video Edit: Fixed quote