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It's just a play on words, something lightweight drifts in the wind rather than gliding on a wing. It's really not all that deep.
by orlp 3mo ago
It's just a play on words, something lightweight drifts in the wind rather than gliding on a wing. It's really not all that deep.
- CyberDildonics 3mo agoHow does that relate to the mechanics of the algorithm?
- conradludgate 3mo agoDoes quicksort explain the mechanics of the algorithm?
- CyberDildonics 3mo agoNo, but it was also named in the 60s. If someone was three comments deep replying to people asking about it, at some point someone would say "it's quick and in place because it does a recursive partition".