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Adds Slowsort in sorts/slowsort.py.

Slowsort is a deliberately inefficient recursive sorting algorithm based on the
"multiply and surrender" paradigm, invented by Broder and Stolfi (1986). It
finds the maximum of two halves, places it at the end, then recurses — the
opposite of divide and conquer. Runs in superpolynomial time, making it a
classic example in pessimal algorithm analysis.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowsort

  • Add an algorithm?
  • Fix a bug or typo in an existing algorithm?
  • Documentation change?

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@algorithms-keeper algorithms-keeper Bot added awaiting reviews This PR is ready to be reviewed tests are failing Do not merge until tests pass labels May 25, 2026
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doctest.testmod()

user_input = input("Enter numbers separated by commas: ").strip()
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I have one minor suggestion regarding the user input block at the bottom (72-76):
If a user enters an empty string or non-integer values, [int(x) for x in user_input.split(",")] will raise a ValueError.You can make this more robust like -Wrap the input section in a try-except block to handle invalid inputs gracefully.Great job overall! Let me know what you think.

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