2016 Update

Task/Sort-an-integer-array/AppleScript/sort-an-integer-array.applescript

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+use framework "Foundation"
+use scripting additions
+
+on sort:lst
+    tell current application
+        return ((its (NSArray's arrayWithArray:lst))'s ¬
+            sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:{its (NSSortDescriptor's ¬
+                sortDescriptorWithKey:"self" ascending:true selector:"compare:")}) as list
+    end tell
+end sort:
+
+on run
+
+    map(sort_, [[9, 1, 8, 2, 8, 3, 7, 0, 4, 6, 5], ¬
+        ["alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta", "epsilon", "zeta", "eta", "theta", "iota", "kappa", "lambda", "mu"]])
+
+end run
+
+
+-- GENERIC FUNCTION FOR THE TEST
+
+-- map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]
+on map(f, xs)
+    script mf
+        property lambda : f
+    end script
+
+    set lng to length of xs
+    set lst to {}
+    repeat with i from 1 to lng
+        set end of lst to mf's lambda(item i of xs, i, xs)
+    end repeat
+    return lst
+end map