Challenge: Parallel Sorting - Easy C# Solution

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace ParallelSort
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Stopwatch for timing operations.
            System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch stopwatch = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();

            long count = long.Parse(args[0]);

            // Generate the numbers! This part is easy enough. It generates them
            // in an array rather than yield return to prevent lazy evaluation.
            System.Console.Write("Generating {0} integers...", count);
            stopwatch.Restart();
            IEnumerable<int> integers = GenerateRandoms(count);
            stopwatch.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine(" {0}ms.", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);

            // This timer is actually useless, since the sort is not evaluated until the next step...
            System.Console.Write("Sorting integers...");
            stopwatch.Restart();
            IEnumerable<int> sortedIntegers = SortInParallel(integers);
            stopwatch.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine(" {0}ms.", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);

            // Confirm the sorting. This part is a single-core algorithm, because
            // there's no real way to do it in LINQ without blowing away memory.
            System.Console.Write("Confirming sort...");
            stopwatch.Restart();
            bool confirmed = ConfirmSort(sortedIntegers);
            stopwatch.Stop();
            if (confirmed)
                System.Console.WriteLine(" {0}ms.", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
            else
                System.Console.WriteLine(" FAIL - {0}ms.", stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
        }

        /// <summary>Generates an array of random integers.</summary>
        /// <param name="count">Number of integers to generate.</param>
        /// <returns>Array of random integers.</returns>
        static int[] GenerateRandoms(long count)
        {
            Random random = new Random();

            int[] array = new int[count];
            for (int index = 0; index < count; ++index)
                array[index] = random.Next();

            return array;
        }

        /// <summary>Sorts the given integers in parallel.</summary>
        /// <param name="integers">Enumeration of integers to sort.</param>
        /// <returns>Sorted enumeration of integers.</returns>
        static IEnumerable<int> SortInParallel(IEnumerable<int> integers)
        {
            return integers.AsParallel().OrderBy((i) => i);
        }

        /// <summary>Confirms that the given integers are in sorted order.</summary>
        /// <param name="integers">Enumeration of integers to check.</param>
        /// <returns>
        ///     If <paramref name="integers"/> is in ascending sorted order, <c>true</c>.
        ///     Otherwise, <c>false</c>.
        /// </returns>
        static bool ConfirmSort(IEnumerable<int> integers)
        {
            int last = integers.First();
            foreach (int current in integers.Skip(1))
            {
                if (last > current)
                    return false;
                last = current;
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
}