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Optimize sorter
The optimization replaces a manual bubble sort implementation with Python's built-in `arr.sort()` method, delivering a massive **1966x speedup**.
**Key Changes:**
- Eliminated the nested O(n²) bubble sort loops that performed over 113 million iterations in the profiler
- Replaced manual element swapping with Python's highly optimized Timsort algorithm (O(n log n))
- Removed temporary variable assignments and array indexing operations
**Why This Creates Such Dramatic Speedup:**
1. **Algorithmic complexity**: Bubble sort's O(n²) vs Timsort's O(n log n) - for 1000 elements, this means ~1M operations vs ~10K operations
2. **Implementation efficiency**: Python's `sort()` is implemented in C and uses advanced optimizations like run detection for partially sorted data
3. **Memory access patterns**: Built-in sort minimizes cache misses compared to the random access pattern of bubble sort
**Performance by Test Case Type:**
- **Small lists (≤10 elements)**: 7-50% faster - overhead reduction from eliminating loops
- **Large lists (1000 elements)**: 46,000-98,000% faster - the algorithmic advantage dominates
- **Already sorted data**: 54,000+ % faster - Timsort's adaptive nature vs bubble sort's blind iteration
- **Reverse sorted data**: 95,000+ % faster - worst case for bubble sort, but Timsort handles efficiently
The optimization maintains identical functionality while leveraging decades of sorting algorithm research built into Python's standard library.1 parent df0b176 commit 55c128e
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