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Subject: Re: Did the sort do anything?
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On 05/20/2011 06:37 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<6fe88262-
> fcb1-4cea-8d4b-97617b522c63@j31g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, Robert Klemme
> wrote:
>
>> On 20 Mai, 08:49, Lawrence D'Oliveiro<l...@geek-
>> central.gen.new_zealand>  wrote:
>>
>>> In message<ir0oj24...@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.
>>
>> Ruby solves this quite elegantly, you have all the choices:
>
> So did Python, until it turned out some of them weren’t worth using.

Language Wars!  Language Wars!

Java rule!  Python drools!  Python sucks!  Who needs it?  Python is simply a 
TERRible language!  Java was given to us by the GODS!  Anyone who feels 
different is a pathetic loser!

Language Wars!

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