On 26 May 2010 05:43:06 -0700, jch...@ussco.com (Chase, John) wrote: >> SORTOUT contains following records, the same as SORTIN: >> >> SMITH >> SMO99Y >> SMO#$! >> SMYTHE > >Amazing, baffling and befuddling. I get the same counter-intuitive >result. > >I won't even try to guess why; I'll just try to limit my future >participation here to the _asking_ of questions.
To me it appears to fit into the following article: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/How-to-Talk-Like-a-Programmer-773992/ as a "common law feature". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
