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Re: alpha sorting



On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 02:13:21PM -0700, der.hans wrote:
> > Here, however, I think Guyhelm is completely wrong.
> > 
> > Sort the names alphabetically, case-insensitive. That will be easier
> > for most users, including long-time Unix users.
> 
> I mentioned the dictionary reference because I believe that's the proper
> grammatical manner to sort. That's the type of sort we're producing,
> IMO. I think it also leads to less brain cycles needed to find the sought
> after subject.

The majority wins (too late for this batch but I will update my scripts
for the next one.)

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