before I get my permutation function done, I have another shape
that I want to get right.

blah is the first stage
okay, ikky is the function that I want

I can plug it into a generic "perm" function and I believe that
I can swap it out to go from a sort to a permutation by using
the same skeleton function
I seem to have made some sort of a mess

going to try to find my way back
okay, i've got merge sort working with wokcy