Use a recursive divide-and-conquer algorithm, in the style
suggested by Knuth volume 3 (2nd edition), exercise 5.2.4-23. Use
the optimization suggested by exercise 5.2.4-10; this requires room
for only 1.5*N lines, rather than the usual 2*N lines. Knuth
writes that this memory optimization was originally published by
D. A. Bell, Comp J. 1 (1958), 75.
