Re^4: Randomly select values from array

[BrowserUk]

But why combine an O( N! ) algorithm with an O(N log N) algorithm, when Fischer-Yates is O(N)?

List::Util::shuffle() does a million 4 way shuffles in less than 1 second.

[blakew]

I was shooting for humorous understatement, guess it wasn't obvious enough. I agree it's a horrible idea to actually use, I was just practicing to see why the original sort version doesn't work for myself.