ordered_processing.rb

require 'thread'

LAST_VAL = 8
q = Queue.new
(0..LAST_VAL).to_a.shuffle.each {|i| q << i}

vals = []
next_val = 0
loop do
	puts "popping the stack"
	vals << q.pop
	vals.sort!
	puts "vals is now #{vals.inspect}"
	while vals[0] == next_val
		puts "Processing #{vals.shift}"
		next_val += 1
	end
		
	break if next_val > LAST_VAL
end