Sorting algorithms/Stooge sort

Sorting algorithms/Stooge sort
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Show the Stooge Sort for an array of integers. The Stooge Sort algorithm is as follows:

algorithm stoogesort(array L, i = 0, j = length(L)-1)
     if L[j] < L[i] then
         L[i] ↔ L[j]
     if j - i > 1 then
         t = (j - i + 1)/3
         stoogesort(L, i  , j-t)
         stoogesort(L, i+t, j  )
         stoogesort(L, i  , j-t)
     return L

D

<lang d>import std.stdio ;

T[] stooge(T)(ref T[] l) {

   if(l[$-1] < l[0]) {
       T t = l[0] ;
       l[0] = l[$-1] ;
       l[$-1] = t ;
   }
   if(l.length > 2) {
       T[] r ;
       int m = l.length  / 3 ;
       r = l[0..$ - m] ; stooge(r) ;
       r = l[m..$]     ; stooge(r) ;
       r = l[0..$ - m] ; stooge(r) ;
   }
   return l ;

}

void main() {

   auto num = [1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5] ;

   writefln("%s", num.stooge) ;

}</lang>

Java

<lang java>import java.util.Arrays;

public class Stooge {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
       int[] nums = {1, 4, 5, 3, -6, 3, 7, 10, -2, -5};
       stoogeSort(nums);
       System.out.println(Arrays.toString(nums));
   }

   public static void stoogeSort(int[] L) {
       stoogeSort(L, 0, L.length - 1);
   }

   public static void stoogeSort(int[] L, int i, int j) {
       if (L[j] < L[i]) {
           int tmp = L[i];
           L[i] = L[j];
           L[j] = tmp;
       }
       if (j - i > 1) {
           int t = (j - i + 1) / 3;
           stoogeSort(L, i, j - t);
           stoogeSort(L, i + t, j);
           stoogeSort(L, i, j - t);
       }
   }

}</lang> Output:

[-6, -5, -2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10]