You have been assigned to implement a sorting program. The goal is to make this program general purpose, in that you don’t want to define in advance what record or key types are used. Describe ways to...

You have been assigned to implement a sorting program. The goal is to make this program general purpose, in that you don’t want to define in advance what record or key types are used. Describe ways to generalize a simple sorting algorithm (such as insertion sort, or any other sort you are familiar with) to support this generalization.