> Quicksort works just fine on a linked list, as long as you broaden
> your view beyond the common array-based implementations. See
> "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jbruce/sort.cc" for an example, although I
> would recommend using a radix sort for linked lists in most situations
> (sorry for the C++, but it was handy...).
In a network environment however its not so good. Quicksort has an N^2
worst case and the input is controlled by a potential enemy.
Im dubious about anyone doing more than simple bucket sorting for packets.
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