Intro to Quick Sort

  • Quick Sort is the most commonly used sorting algorithm today

  • Quick Sort was invented by Antony Hoare in 1959 and was honored as one of the top 10 algorithms in the 20th century...

  • Some facts on Quick Sort:

    • Is a divide and conquer recursive algorithm
      (just like Merge Sort)

    • Unlike Merge Sort, Quick Sort is an in-place algorithm
      (i.e.: do not use an extra array)