Difference between revisions of "TADM2E 4.41"

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Merge sort:

   *Advantages: suitable for linked list, suitable for external sort.
   *Disadvantages: need extra buffer holding the merged data (but for linked-list)

Insertion/Selection sort:

   *Advantages: easy to implement.
   *Disadvantages: too slow and become impractical when data is huge.

Heap sort:

   *Advantages: don't need recursion. Suitable for large data.
   *Disadvantages: usually slower than merge sort and quick sort.

Quick sort:

   *Advantages: practical fastest.
   *Disadvantages: recursive, worst case too slow.