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⍝ Quicksort — the classic Roger Hui one-liner
⍝ Q ← {1≥≢⍵:⍵ ⋄ (∇⍵⌿⍨⍵<p),(p=⍵)/⍵,∇⍵⌿⍨⍵>p←⍵⌷⍨?≢⍵}
⍝ Read right-to-left:
⍝ ?≢⍵ : pick a random index in 1..length
⍝ ⍵⌷⍨… : take that element as pivot p
⍝ ⍵>p : boolean — elements greater than pivot
⍝ ∇⍵⌿⍨… : recursively sort the > partition
⍝ (p=⍵)/⍵ : keep elements equal to pivot
⍝ ⍵<p : boolean — elements less than pivot
⍝ ∇⍵⌿⍨… : recursively sort the < partition
⍝ , : catenate ⟨less⟩ ⟨equal⟩ ⟨greater⟩
⍝ 1≥≢⍵:⍵ : guard — base case for length ≤ 1
⍝ Stability: not stable on duplicates (but eq-class is preserved as a block).
⍝ Worst case O(N²) on already-sorted input with deterministic pivot;
⍝ randomized pivot selection gives expected O(N log N).
⍝ Examples:
⍝ Q 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 → 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 9
⍝ Q 0 → ⍬ (empty)
⍝ Q ,42 → 42
quicksort {1: p? (<p),(p=)/,>p}