name diff % speedup
slice::sort_large_random -65.49% x 2.90
slice::sort_large_strings -37.75% x 1.61
slice::sort_medium_random -47.89% x 1.92
slice::sort_small_random 11.11% x 0.90
slice::sort_unstable_large_random -47.57% x 1.91
slice::sort_unstable_large_strings -25.19% x 1.34
slice::sort_unstable_medium_random -22.15% x 1.28
slice::sort_unstable_small_random -15.79% x 1.19
I remember some “glidesort” also being introduced. Wonder what happened to that
From what I understand as I skimmed over the stable sort analysis (https://github.com/Voultapher/sort-research-rs/blob/main/writeup/driftsort_introduction/text.md), it lost out against driftsort.
orlp invented PDQSort and Glidesort. He collaborated with Voultapher on Driftsort.
Driftsort is like a successor to Glidesort.
Glidesort had some issues that prevented it from being merged into std, and which are addressed in Driftsort. IIRC it had something to do with codegen bloat.