But because the merging is difficult to do in place, generally, it has higher memory requirements than in-place sort algorithms, such as quick-sort.

I'm used to working in quite a hi-tech sort of industry that's got lots of machinery and everything, but now I'm going to a place that has no machinery as such, apart from a typewriter.

It is an interaction between the person and the place, not the sort of place in itself, that leads to better or worse experiences.