Perhaps it's not surprising that quicksort is very clear in functional languages, since C. A. R. Hoare was inspired to invent it by learning functional programm

Perhaps it's not surprising that quicksort is very clear in functional languages, since C. A. R. Hoare was inspired to invent it by learning functional programming. Perhaps it's not surprising that the common advice is to learn functional programming for the insights, since quicksort is not at all quick in its very clear functional programming form.