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prioritizes robustness might look like. As such it also describes and provides
implementations of Robustsort, a group of Tensort variants designed for
robustness in conditions described in David H. Ackley's
[Beyond Efficiency](https://web.archive.org/web/20240809143400/https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf).
[Beyond Efficiency](https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf).

Simply put, Tensort takes an input list, transforms the list into a
multi-dimensional tensor field, then transforms that tensor field back into a
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### Inspiration

- [Beyond Efficiency](https://web.archive.org/web/20240809143400/https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf) by
[David H. Ackley](https://livingcomputation.com/)
- [Beyond Efficiency](https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf)
([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240809143400/https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf))
by [David H. Ackley](https://livingcomputation.com/)

- [Beyond Efficiency by Dave Ackley](https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/070)
by Future of Coding ([Lu Wilson](https://www.todepond.com/),
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Quicksort.

It also assumes you've read
[Beyond Efficiency](https://web.archive.org/web/20240809143400/https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf) by
[Beyond Efficiency](https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf) by
David H. Ackley. Go read it! It's short!

Please note that we will discuss a few algorithms that I've either made up or
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notable example of a robust sorting algotithm is Ackley's
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=helScS3coAE&t=260s"
rel="noopener noreferrer"
target="_blank">
Demon Horde Sort
</a>,
target="_blank">Demon Horde Sort</a>,
which I purposefully avoiding learning much about before publishing v1.0.0.0
of this package. Demon Horde Sort is more truly robust than Tensort, being
resiliant against far more types of unexpected conditions than just a wonky
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I will also be joined by the spirit of Sir Michael Caine, who is here for two
reasons. One is to keep an eye on me and make sure I don't go too overboard.
More importantly, he's here as a bit of insurance to make sure you've read
[Beyond Efficiency](https://web.archive.org/web/20240809143400/https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf). You
[Beyond Efficiency](https://www.cs.unm.edu/~ackley/be-201301131528.pdf). You
can think of him as my version of the M&M's on Van Halen's concert
rider ([the most famously robust rider in rock
history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen#Contract_riders)). If you
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