Description
Here is pseudocode for the gnome sort using a zero-based array:
procedure gnomeSort(a) pos := 1 while pos < length(a) if (a >= a) pos := pos + 1 else swap a and a if (pos > 1) pos := pos - 1 end if end if end while
end procedure
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