q sort

(algorithm)

Definition: The sort function in many libraries. It is generally a combination of quicksort, for many items, and insertion sort, for a few items.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
sort.

Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
quicksort, insertion sort.

Author: DCR

Implementation

Pat Morin's implementation (Java). Apple Opensource qsort (C).

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David C. Rankin, "q sort", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 19 January 2021. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/qsort.html