And just for fun, here's a simple implementatin of a mergesort: 

sub mergesort
  {
  @_ < 2 and return @_;
  my @low = mergesort( @_[0 .. $#_ / 2] );
  my @high = mergesort( @_[$#_ / 2 + 1 .. $#_] );
  map !@high || @low && $low[0] <= $high[0] ? shift @low : shift @high
+, 1..@_;
  }

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Also, while looking at that simple quicksort, I realized it could be made stable by adding a third grep: 

sub sqs # stable quicksort
  {
  @_ < 2 and return @_;
  my $p = $_[@_ / 2];     # pivot
  sqs( grep $_ < $p, @_ ), grep( $_ == $p, @_ ), sqs( grep $_ > $p, @_
+ );
  }

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Or, if three passes over the input is just too much for you, it can be done with only one pass: 

sub spsqs # single pass stable quicksort
  {
  @_ < 2 and return @_;
  my ($pivot, @items) = ($_[@_ / 2], [], [], []);
  push $items[$_ <=> $pivot]->@*, $_ for @_;
  spsqs($items[-1]->@*), $items[0]->@*, spsqs($items[1]->@*)
  }

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( wondering if that's the first ever use of <=> in a subscript ? )

In reply to Re^2: My best attempt at sorting. Kindly suggest improvements/modifications. by tybalt89
in thread My best attempt at sorting. Kindly suggest improvements/modifications. by pritesh

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