Tim Sort

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Tim Sort is a hybrid stable sorting algorithm that takes advantage of common patterns in data, and utilizes a combination of an improved Merge sort and Binary Insertion sort along with some internal logic to optimize the manipulation of large scale real-world data. Tim Sort was first implemented in 2002 by Tim Peters for use in Python.

Operation

Tim sort uses Binary insertion sort and improved merge sort by using galloping in a combination. Bi...