<s>
Stooge	B-Algorithm
sort	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
recursive	O
sorting	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
running	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
algorithm	O
is	O
thus	O
slower	O
compared	O
to	O
reasonable	O
sorting	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
is	O
slower	O
than	O
bubble	B-Algorithm
sort	I-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
canonical	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
fairly	O
inefficient	O
sort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
however	O
more	O
efficient	O
than	O
Slowsort	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
comes	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Three	I-Application
Stooges	I-Application
.	O
</s>
