introspective sort

/IH0 N T R AH0 S P EH1 K T IH0 V S AO0 R T/
noun
  1. 1

    (computing) A sorting algorithm that begins with quicksort and switches to heapsort when the recursion depth exceeds a level based on (the logarithm of) the number of elements being sorted.

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