Ask HN: Are there any uses of sorting algorithms in real life?

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Yes, many! Through out my career I had to implement from scratch two sorting algorithms. First was to sort subtitles on a playing video in javascript in real-time. The second was a custom sorting algorithm of text blocks on an image.

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this is satire, right?

in my career of 20 years i have never needed to sort anything