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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: Did the sort do anything?
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In message <ir0oj24mcj@news5.newsguy.com>, Michael Wojcik wrote:

> On the other hand, when sorts are used in most modern applications,
> they're comparing keys that are located elsewhere in memory and
> probably invoking a user-supplied comparison function ...

Which is why Python, for example, has dropped the idea of a user comparison, 
and emphasized a user key function instead.