sleepsort.py

sleepsort.py

# sleep sort                                                                                                                                             
import threading
import time

class SleepAndAppend(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, value, targetList):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.value = value
        self.targetList = targetList
    def run(self):
        time.sleep(self.value * 0.01)
        self.targetList.append(self.value)

def sleepSort(aList):
    targetList = []
    threadList = []
    for a in aList:
        th = SleepAndAppend(a, targetList)
        th.start()
        threadList.append(th)
    for th in threadList:
        th.join();
    return targetList



aList = [23,1,53,3,1,3,6,13,3,6,1,3,7,1,3,6,1,3,7,133,63,137]
print sleepSort(aList)

check this snippet using coruitine by miyagawa san
https://gist.github.com/982113