Speeding Up Sorting Algorithms on Modern Hardware
CppCon · Talk · YouTube title: Sorting Algorithms: Speed Is Found In The Minds of People - Andrei Alexandrescu - CppCon 2019
Why it's here
HN recommends it as an entertaining talk that starts simple and goes deep on practical performance optimization.
What it covers
Andrei Alexandrescu's CppCon 2019 talk revisits sorting, showing how branchless tricks, hybrid strategies and a cost metric can speed up std::sort-style algorithms on modern hardware.