On 17 Jan 2007 01:22:59 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) wrote: >However there're names unacceptable to given system. For example, in >Poland we don't use 'X' letter, but we accept it because of foreign >names. But I'm pretty sure your system cannot accept any russian name, >because they use completely different alphabet (cyryllic). Russian *have >to* transliterate their names i.e in their passports.
Our procedure for sorting was designed for a more limited alphabet as well. I don't know what dictionaries do about sorting upper and lower case words - I imagine they have some rules - but for us to sort mixed case words where we want them to be takes fancy coding (and analysis). Various languages use *almost* our alphabet. When various letter modifiers are part of the word or name, we want a consistent sort - with the accented letter sorted next to that unaccented letter. I've seen names sorted in L, M, Mc/Mac, N order - but not by computers. So far, we have told users to do things our way, partly because we don't want many standards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
