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AppleScript

use AppleScript version "2.3.1" -- Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) or later.
use sorter : script ¬
"Custom Iterative Ternary Merge Sort" -- <www.macscripter.net/t/timsort-and-nigsort/71383/3>
on join(lst, delim)
set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delim
set txt to lst as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to astid
return txt
end join
on sortLexicographically(integerList)
set textList to paragraphs of join(integerList, linefeed)
-- Sort textList, echoing the moves in integerList.
considering hyphens but ignoring numeric strings
tell sorter to sort(textList, 1, -1, {slave:{integerList}})
end considering
end sortLexicographically
-- Test code:
local someIntegers
set someIntegers to {1, 2, -6, 3, 4, 5, -10, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, -2, -5, -1, -4, -3, 0}
sortLexicographically(someIntegers)
return someIntegers