QuickSort in real life
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pneKnowing how to QuickSort can come in handy in real life
(May not make as much sense if you're not a CS geek or at least have some CS background)
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Date: Sunday, 15 August 2004 11:37 (UTC)Come to think of it, I'm not sure I could even quicksort by hand.
But then on the other hand, I never studied CS so I never took algorithms - I more or less know of them but I don't know them.
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Date: Sunday, 15 August 2004 17:41 (UTC)We even had the quicksort-radixsort-shellsort argument several times over the year or so that I worked there. :)