public static int[] indexSort(Comparable[] a) {
        int N = a.length;
        int[] index = new int[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            index[i] = i;

        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            for (int j = i; j > 0 && less(a[index[j]], a[index[j-1]]); j--)
                exch(index, j, j-1);

        return index;
    }