[Atheros]

If aliens ever land they're going to have the exact same sorting algorithms we have. Their history of CPUs will be the same as ours.

[jcoffland]

Unless they have quantum computers or something completely different that we have not thought of. There's a good chance that our conception of computer science, or even science for that mater, is completely unique in the universe, like a snowflake. Science is merely a model humans use to understand the world around them, with limited success.

[njonsson]

Unless they chose the ternary path. It’s closer to base e and therefore closer to optimal than binary.