Stackoverflow queries

The query used can be found here and here
The csv of results is in the repository under benchmarks.

Links to stackoverflow with interesting comparators for 1st experiment:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28301/impose-a-total-ordering-on-all-instances-of-any-class-in-java
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3084115/which-usage-of-compareto-method-is-more-understandable
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30449488/comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-everything-seems-ok

Examples of buggy comparators:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10234038/compare-method-throw-exception-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7849539/comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-java-7-only

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19182700/collections-sort-throws-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-excep

• http://w3facility.org/question/collections-sort-throws-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-exception/

• http://ask.webatall.com/java/2392_comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract.html

• http://forums.pentaho.com/showthread.php?142295-java-lang-IllegalArgumentException-Comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract!

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23788633/comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-how-to-make-it-transitive

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26336978/comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-and-method-compareto

• http://www.4byte.cn/question/434936/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract.html

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19325256/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contr

• http://answerclubs.com/questions/565018/javalangillegalargumentexception-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-duplicate

• http://sohu.io/questions/315300/java-error-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract

Intro Example for Several Functions

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16694897/partial-ordered-comparator

Benchmarks POPL'15

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30449488/comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-everything-seems-ok
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9486605/comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-in-java-7
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30458633/why-does-my-compare-methd-throw-illegalargumentexception-sometimes
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30479349/same-code-is-producing-different-outputs-for-java-7-8
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30191653/transitivity-property-of-string-comparison-in-java
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11441666/java-error-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10234038/compare-method-throw-exception-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16075779/comparison-method-throws-general-contract-exception
• http://dertompson.com/2012/11/23/sort-algorithm-changes-in-java-7/

Maybe

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10234038/compare-method-throw-exception-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract

Low-level

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19182700/collections-sort-throws-comparison-method-violates-its-general-contract-excep