[Python-Dev] r83893 - python/branches/release27-maint/Misc/ACKS (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Aug 11 15:35:16 CEST 2010

On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:25:52 -0400 Terry Reedy <tjreedy at 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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