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+/*
+**  ssort()  --  Fast, small, qsort()-compatible Shell sort
+**
+**  by Ray Gardner,  public domain   5/90
+*/
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+void ssort (void  *base,
+            size_t nel,
+            size_t width,
+            int (*comp)(const void *, const void *))
+{
+      size_t wnel, gap, wgap, i, j, k;
+      char *a, *b, tmp;
+
+      wnel = width * nel;
+      for (gap = 0; ++gap < nel;)
+            gap *= 3;
+      while ( gap /= 3 )
+      {
+            wgap = width * gap;
+            for (i = wgap; i < wnel; i += width)
+            {
+                  for (j = i - wgap; ;j -= wgap)
+                  {
+                        a = j + (char *)base;
+                        b = a + wgap;
+                        if ( (*comp)(a, b) <= 0 )
+                              break;
+                        k = width;
+                        do
+                        {
+                              tmp = *a;
+                              *a++ = *b;
+                              *b++ = tmp;
+                        } while ( --k );
+                        if (j < wgap)
+                              break;
+                  }
+            }
+      }
+}