localhost fs # python -m timeit -s 'from random import randint; l=[randint(0,1000000) for x in range(1000)]' 'l.sort()'
10000 loops, best of 3: 38.1 usec per loop
localhost fs # python -m timeit -s 'from random import randint; l=[randint(0,1000000) for x in range(1000)]' 'sorted(l)'
1000 loops, best of 3: 517 usec per loop