Isn't this the same idea as the Introsort[1], which was created in 1997 (four ye...

sclangdon on Oct 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Timsort, the Python sorting algorithm

Isn't this the same idea as the Introsort[1], which was created in 1997 (four years earlier) and is the default sorting algorithm in C++'s standard library (and .NET framework since 4.5)?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introsort