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why python annoys me

Ben Wolfson wolfson at uchicago.edu
Sat Apr 21 00:15:09 EDT 2001 
In article <3AE0F802.3983C9DB at 01019freenet.de>, "Oliver Korpilla"
<korpo at 01019freenet.de> wrote:


> Haskell Quicksort:
> qsort:: Ord a=> [a] -> [a]
> qsort [] = []
> qsort (x:xs) = [y | y <- xs, y <= x] ++ [x] ++ [y | y <- xs, y > x]

Python Quicksort:

def qsort(L):
    L = list(L)
    if L == []:
	return []
    x, xs = L[0], L[1:]
    return qsort([y for y in xs if y<=x])+[x]+qsort([y for y in xs if y>x])

Though you'd be better off with a list's sort() method, of course.

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