GW> I've put together a C test harness for timing sorts, and while I allow
 GW> the better sorts (quickersort, shellsort, Jonathans Combsort) [...]
 GW> I've run it with the sorts from SNIPPETS, Jonathan's Combsort [...]
 GW> Sorting the same data set shellsort is always faster than Jonathan's
 GW> Combsort.
I'd just like to point out that I lay no claim to Comb Sort, and never have.  
From what I recall, I obtained the code from an article in _Byte_ magazine in 
the mid 1980s.
 ¯ JdeBP ®
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