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Quicksortbranchlesscompact ifCperformanceoptimization

Author: chrka

Date: 7/11/2026

Article Summary:
A C implementation of a branchless Quicksort algorithm, showing how the use of a compact if statement can lead to faster code generation by compilers like Clang.