I tried to implement shell sort in your system. Shell sort is much like quick sort in that it kind of divides and conquers. (you can see my horrid first timer w

I tried to implement shell sort in your system. Shell sort is much like quick sort in that it kind of divides and conquers. (you can see my horrid first timer work here: https://github.com/Ghoughpteighbteau/Rainbow-Sort https://github.com/Ghoughpteighbteau/Rainbow-Sort ) My estimation is that you need to refactor the algorithms such that they hold their state inside a closure, and break after a set number of swaps. Say every 300 swaps they break and the canvas updates. This kind of background processing is such a pain in javascript.