sleepsort.js

gistfile1.js

function sleepsort(arr, callback) {
    var res = [];

    $.when.apply($, a.map(function (n) {
        var dfd = $.Deferred();
        
        setTimeout(function () {
            res.push(n);
            dfd.resolve();
        }, n);
        
        return dfd.promise();
    })).done(function () {
        callback(res);
    });
}

/*
usage: 
sleepsort([5, 23, 6, 20], function (res) {
    console.log(res); // "maybe" [5, 6, 20, 23]
});
*/