There is always more than one way to implement a standard algorithm. The examples used have been designed as revision materials that exemplify some of the ways to implement these algorithms. In each ...

Start at the beginning of the list. Compare the first value in the list with the next one up. If the first value is bigger, swap the positions of the two values. Move to the second value in the list.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Growing up in the science fiction-infused 1960s and ’70s, nothing excited me more than computers’ potential to ...