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sleep_sort.rb
def sleep_sort(*nums)
sorted = []
nums.map do |n|
Thread.new { sleep n; sorted << n }
end.map(&:join)
sorted
end
sleep_sort 3, 1, 4, 2 #=> [1, 2, 3, 4]
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