Why is Quicksort called “Quicksort”?
The point of this question is not to debate the merits of this over any other sorting algorithm – certainly there are many other questions that do this. This question is about the name. Why is Quicksort called “Quicksort”? Sure, it’s “quick”, most of the time, but not always. The possibility of degenerating to O(N^2) is well known. There are various modifications to Quicksort that mitigate this problem, but the ones which bring the worst case down to a guaranteed O(n log n) aren’t generally called Quicksort anymore. (e.g. Introsort).
Why is Quicksort called “Quicksort”?
The point of this question is not to debate the merits of this over any other sorting algorithm – certainly there are many other questions that do this. This question is about the name. Why is Quicksort called “Quicksort”? Sure, it’s “quick”, most of the time, but not always. The possibility of degenerating to O(N^2) is well known. There are various modifications to Quicksort that mitigate this problem, but the ones which bring the worst case down to a guaranteed O(n log n) aren’t generally called Quicksort anymore. (e.g. Introsort).
Naming conventions used for variables and functions in C [closed]
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Naming conventions used for variables and functions in C [closed]
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