diff --git a/builtin/builtin.go b/builtin/builtin.go
index 87e73614..25aa9791 100644
--- a/builtin/builtin.go
+++ b/builtin/builtin.go
@@ -337,7 +337,11 @@ var Builtins = []*Function{
 			case []any:
 				var s []string
 				for _, arg := range args[0].([]any) {
-					s = append(s, arg.(string))
+					str, ok := arg.(string)
+					if !ok {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid argument for join (type %s)", reflect.TypeOf(arg))
+					}
+					s = append(s, str)
 				}
 				return strings.Join(s, glue), nil
 			}
@@ -996,6 +1000,15 @@ var Builtins = []*Function{
 				for i, v := range in {
 					array[i] = v
 				}
+			default:
+				v := reflect.ValueOf(args[0])
+				if v.Kind() != reflect.Slice && v.Kind() != reflect.Array {
+					return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot sort %s", v.Kind())
+				}
+				array = make([]any, v.Len())
+				for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
+					array[i] = v.Index(i).Interface()
+				}
 			}
 
 			var desc bool
diff --git a/builtin/builtin_test.go b/builtin/builtin_test.go
index 0d0dec35..f3e138a8 100644
--- a/builtin/builtin_test.go
+++ b/builtin/builtin_test.go
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ func TestBuiltin_errors(t *testing.T) {
 		{`now(nil)`, "invalid number of arguments (expected 0, got 1)"},
 		{`date(nil)`, "interface {} is nil, not string (1:1)"},
 		{`timezone(nil)`, "cannot use nil as argument (type string) to call timezone (1:10)"},
+		{`join([1, 2])`, "invalid argument for join (type int)"},
 		{`flatten([1, 2], [3, 4])`, "invalid number of arguments (expected 1, got 2)"},
 		{`flatten(1)`, "cannot flatten int"},
 		{`fromJSON("5e2482")`, "cannot unmarshal number"},
@@ -653,6 +654,30 @@ func TestBuiltin_sort_i64(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, []any{int64(1), int64(1), int64(1)}, out)
 }
 
+func TestBuiltin_sort_non_standard_slice(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input string
+		env   any
+		want  any
+	}{
+		{`sort(x)`, map[string]any{"x": []int64{3, 1, 2}}, []any{int64(1), int64(2), int64(3)}},
+		{`sort(x)`, map[string]any{"x": []uint{3, 1, 2}}, []any{uint(1), uint(2), uint(3)}},
+		{`sort(x, "desc")`, map[string]any{"x": []int32{1, 3, 2}}, []any{int32(3), int32(2), int32(1)}},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out, err := expr.Eval(test.input, test.env)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.want, out)
+		})
+	}
+
+	_, err := expr.Eval(`sort(x)`, map[string]any{"x": 42})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot sort int")
+}
+
 func TestBuiltin_bitOpsFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		input string