Gnome Sort
July 29, 2016
A garden gnome sorts flower pots by the following method:
The gnome looks at the flower pot next to him and the flower pot just behind him. If they are correctly ordered, so the flower pot just behind him is smaller than the flower pot next to him, he steps one pot forward; otherwise, he swaps the two flower pots and steps one pot backward. If there is no flower pot just behind him (thus, he is at the start of the line of flower pots), he steps forward to the next pot. If there is not flower pot next to him (thus, he is at the end of the line of flower pots), he is done.
Your task is to implement a program that sorts by the gnome method. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
Programming Praxis 