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Aug 30, 2022 · Fundamentals

Pattern-Defeating Quicksort (pdqsort) in Go: Design, Implementation, and Performance

This article explains the design and Go‑language implementation of the pattern‑defeating quicksort (pdqsort), a hybrid unstable sorting algorithm that leverages generics and multiple pivot‑selection strategies to achieve 2×‑60× speedups over the standard library in most cases.