Re:Wikipedia fails as an encyclopedia, to science’s detriment
by detaro on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @08:10PM
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Next paragraphs as well: they name and link properties it has, but also give a short definition of them, where you'd otherwise have to follow a bunch of links and read the definitions there.
> Quicksort (sometimes called partition-exchange sort) is an efficient sorting algorithm, serving as a systematic method for placing the elements of an array in order. Developed by Tony Hoare in 1959,[1] with his work published in 1961,[2] it is still a commonly used algorithm for sorting. When implemented well, it can be about two or three times faster than its main competitors, merge sort and heapsort.[3]