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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 08/07/2010 01:57 AM, bearophile wrote:
> Peter Alexander:
>> Yeah, partition has always meant that to me as well.
>
> Probably you come from a quite different part of computer science (The example I have shown from Mathematica is not the only one).
> What are the usages of that algorithm, beside being used in the QuickSort?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_algorithm for example.

Andrei