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f33d5173
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Quicksort explained IKEA-style
I'm talking about step 5. The elements just magically migrate to the correct position, whereas in the real algorithm they would be moved individually.
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The curly braces with the arrow pointing down are the thing implying the recursive calls on that set of elements until you’re done.
f33d5173
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you're describing step 6
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It would be clearer if they weren't magically sorted early. Maybe they can improve in a later edition of the instructions.
I think maybe Lego would cut away to show one layer of repetition for example.
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