public static void merge(int min, int max){
    if(max - min < 2)
        return;
    int mid = (min + max)/2;
    merge(min,mid);
    for(merge(mid,max); min < mid && mid < max; min++){
        if (al.get(min) > al.get(mid)) {
            int temp = al.get(mid);
            for(int j = mid++; j > min; al.set(j, al.get(--j)));
            al.set(min, temp);
        }
    }
}

int a = 5, b = 10, c = 15; // three simultaneous things

  a = list(map(lambda x: f(x), a)) + [0]
#     1    2             3           4

int a=5;
int b=10;
int c=15;