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6Actually, there are implementation of QuickSort which are O(n*log(n)), not O(n^2) in the worst case.jfs– jfs2008-09-16 22:17:57 +00:00Commented Sep 16, 2008 at 22:17
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15It also depends on the computer architecture. Quicksort benefits from the cache, while MergeSort doesn't.Cristian Ciupitu– Cristian Ciupitu2008-09-28 01:53:19 +00:00Commented Sep 28, 2008 at 1:53
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5@J.F. Sebastian: These are most probably introsort implementations, not quicksort (introsort starts as quicksort and switches to heapsort if it is about to stop being n*log(n)).CesarB– CesarB2008-10-19 21:50:43 +00:00Commented Oct 19, 2008 at 21:50
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51You can implement a mergesort in place.Marcin– Marcin2008-10-20 09:25:27 +00:00Commented Oct 20, 2008 at 9:25
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8Merge sort may be implemented in a way that only requires O(1) extra storage, but most of those implementations suffer greatly in terms of performance.Clearer– Clearer2014-12-21 19:07:00 +00:00Commented Dec 21, 2014 at 19:07
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