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Why quicksort is more popular than radix-sort?

Two arguments come to my mind: Quicksort/Introsort is more flexible: Quicksort and Introsort work well with all kinds of data. All you need for sorting is the possibility to compare items. This is trivial with numbers but you can sort other data as well. Radix sort on the other hand just sorts things by their … Read more

What is the difference between bucket sort and radix sort?

Bucket sort and radix sort are close cousins; bucket sort goes from MSD to LSD, while radix sort can go in both “directions” (LSD or MSD). How do both algorithms work, and in particular how do they differ?

When should we use Radix sort?

Radix sort is harder to generalize than most other sorting algorithms. It requires fixed size keys, and some standard way of breaking the keys into pieces. Thus it never finds its way into libraries.