resource quick()
  op sort(var int a[1:*])
  int n = 10
  # read in n
  getarg(1,n)
  int  a[1:n]
  # read in data to be sorted
  for [ i = 1 to n ] { read(a[i]) }
  write("input:"); for [ i = 1 to n ] { write(a[i]) }
  sort(a)
  write("sorted:"); for [ i = 1 to n ] { write(a[i]) }

  proc sort(a)  {
    if (ub(a) <= 1) { return }
    int pivot = a[1]
    int lx = 2
    int rx = ub(a)
    while (lx <= rx) {
	if (a[lx] <= pivot) { lx++
	} else if (a[lx] >  pivot ) { a[lx] :=: a[rx]; rx--
	}
    }
    a[rx] :=: a[1]
    co sort(a[1:rx-1]) // sort(a[lx:ub(a)]) oc
  }
end quick