1 Name: Anonymous : 2011-01-20 12:22 Man, am I a genius. Check out this sorting algorithm I just invented. #!/bin/bash function f() { sleep "$1" echo "$1" } while [ -n "$1" ] do f "$1" & shift done wait example usage: ./sleepsort.bash 5 3 6 3 6 3 1 4 7 2 Name: Anonymous : 2011-01-20 12:27 >>1 Oh god, it works. But I don't like to wait 218382 seconds to sort '(0 218382)