gistfile1.py

#! /usr/bin/python
# run as this echo -e '5\n2\n1\n3\n4.2' | python tsort.py
import time
import threading
import fileinput

def do(value):
    time.sleep(float(value))
    print value.strip()

def main():
    number_list = []
    tlist = []
    for i in fileinput.input():
        number_list.append(i)
    for i in number_list:
        tid = threading.Thread(target=do, args=(i, ))
        tid.start()
        tlist.append(tid)
    for t in tlist:
        t.join()

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()