On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 02:30:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 1)  the comparison function should return  true  or  false according
>     to whether its two arguments are presented in the desired order
>     or not, and
> 
> 2)  sort/compare  uses an unstable sorting algorithm.

Correct on both points. The current sort function does have its
limitations... One of the next experimental builds will have
a significantly improved sort function, which uses a stable sort
algorithm and provides several additional options and refinements
(hierarchical/lexicographical sorting etc.)

-- 
Holger Kruse
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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