In a similar category is Shellsort[1]. When I learned about it, they helpfully neglected to mention it was created by some guy named Shell; unlike bubble sort,

In a similar category is Shellsort[1]. When I learned about it, they helpfully neglected to mention it was created by some guy named Shell; unlike bubble sort, insertion sort, mergesort, etc., the name has nothing to do with the technique. I spent way too long trying to figure out what it had to do with shells. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellsort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellsort