1249 ;;Quote: library qsorts can be easily driven to quadratic behavior; derived from 7th edition Unix or 1983 Berkeley functions

1255 ;;Quote: implement qsort with different medians depending on size; insertion sort, middle element, median of three, median of nine

1257 ;;Quote: tripartite partitioning in qsort is equivalent to the Dutch National Flag problem; place equal elements at either end

1262 ;;Quote: better swapping and other improvements to qsort is on average 2x faster than previous versions; up to 12x

1264 ;;Quote: provides a formula to check data size and alignment; works on many machines including Crays