Javascript native sort method code

Question

Any idea how I can view the implementation of native javascript methods specifically the sort method. The reason why I am looking for this I am just wondering what the alg

Answer 1

Also does the implementation differ from browser to browser?

Yes, the ECMAScript standard does not specify what algorithm should be used. AFAIK Mozillas SpiderMonkey uses mergesort and WebKit uses selection sort. What IE uses you probably have to ask someone at Microsoft, since it's closed source.

And I'm willing to bet a couple of bucks that you cannot come up with a better/faster algorithm than the one implemented into the JavaScript engine of the browsers.