On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:25:52 -0400
Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote:
>
> Everyone working on the English-based Python distribution knows the
> order of the 26 English letters.
How does that solve anything?
I just had to decide whether “Jason V. Miller” had to come before or
after “Jay T. Miller” ('Jason' < 'Jay' but 'V' > 'T'). Knowledge of the
“English” alphabet isn't enough to make a resolution: an idiosyncratic
rule is still needed.
(and before you claim that rule is well-known: I had to ask)
Regards
Antoine.
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