/boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order.It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness.Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort."Also known as "monkey sort" after the {Infinite Monkey Theorem}.Compare brute force, Lasherism.An implementation .[Jargon File](2002-04-07)