Smoothsort is a comparison-based sorting algorithm that is a variation of heapsort. It was introduced by Edsger Dijkstra in 1981 and is designed to be both efficient and simple. Smoothsort has some unique characteristics that make it particularly interesting: 1. **Stability**: Smoothsort is a stable sort, meaning that it preserves the relative order of equal elements.
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