TBlittlefoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 09:51:08AM +0200, Maurizio Loreti wrote: > > TBlittlefoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 08:16:45AM +0200, Maurizio Loreti wrote: > > > > kj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > > How does sort(1) handle the sorting of files > > > > > > > > The source code is available. Get it and read it. > > > > > > > > > > So you think that everyone who has a linux box can > > > read C source code? > > > > No. I assume that everyone interested in the algorithms used in a > > computer program and in its internals can read C source code. > > > > If you are right, then he would know the answers could be found > there and was hoping for an overview or synopsis from someone > who was already familiar with the utility. > > Looking through 'miles' of code, and understanding it, is a big > job, especially if it isn't well commented and is a type > of program that one is not familiar with. > > You may as well have responded with: "I don't know."
You are right, I could have been more constructive. Let's say: "ky, read the comments (in plain english) in the lines 640 to 677 and 1832 to 1842 of the source code.". And, yes, I assume that the reader is able to read. -- Maurizio Loreti http://www.pd.infn.it/~loreti/mlo.html Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Padova, Italy ROT13: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ help-gnu-utils mailing list help-gnu-utils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-utils
