Extension to HowTo/29[02]* to include shell sort

[hopscc]

Heres a patch to the sort examples in HowTo/?29[02]-TranslatePseudoCodeToCobra?[12].cobra
to include an example of a shellsort.

[Chuck]

The code looks a bit different than the pseudo-code from  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort#Shell_sort_algorithm_in_pseudocode

For example, the patch has in if statement, but I don't see one in the pseudocode. The pseudocode is shorter. Am I missing something, or did the shell code for the patch come from a different source?

Why is one line of code "Decimal.toInt32(top/2) " and another "... to int"? Is there a difference in semantics? Also, you can use (x // 2) for integer division. But that's not holding the patch back, I'm curious about the other stuff.

[hopscc]

Ya, The shell code for the patch was from a different source
converted and provided for filling the suite for completeness with the other sorting algorithms. I didnt chk for a wikipedia shell sort algoritm

I cant remember what the The Decimal.... vs 'to int' diff was about, no semantic diffs that I can recall just what got working fastest...

[hopscc]

modified patch using '//' and providing implementation of algorithm on wikipedia
Additional test cases for odd numbers of items