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What order(N) is the built in function SORT?

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theSeeker03

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Does the built-in function 'sort' perform the sort in order N^2 or NLog(N), where N is the number of items sorted. i'd expect it to be Nlog(N), but I want to be sure. Thanks.
 
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These days, the builtin sort method is mergesort. If you're using an older version of Perl, it was quicksort.

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