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module Enumerable
  def first_to_finish
    threads = collect { |args| Thread.new { yield(args) } }
    loop until done = threads.detect { |t| !t.alive? }
    threads.each(&:kill)
    done.value
  end
end

puts [5, 3, 1, 2, 4].first_to_finish { |x| sleep x }

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