use v5.16; my @sorted = (sub { return @_ unless @_ > 1; my $pivot = splice(@_, int(@_/2), 1); my (@small, @big); push @{ $_ < $pivot ? \@small : \@big }, $_ for @_; return (__SUB__->(@small), $pivot, __SUB__->(@big)) })->(@unsorted); #### use v5.16; use List::MoreUtils 'part'; my @sorted = (sub { return @_ unless @_ > 1; my $pivot = splice(@_, int(@_/2), 1); my ($small, $big) = part { $_ > $pivot } @_; return (__SUB__->(@$small), $pivot, __SUB__->(@$big)) })->(@unsorted); #### my @sorted = do { my $SUB; $SUB = sub { return @_ unless @_ > 1; my $pivot = splice(@_, int(@_/2), 1); my (@small, @big); push @{ $_ < $pivot ? \@small : \@big }, $_ for @_; return ($SUB->(@small), $pivot, $SUB->(@big)) }}->(@array);