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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:28:21 -0700
Subject: Re: test for list equality
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On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:07 AM, noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahh, I see (on the sort issue), thanks All!
>
> Still, any other slicker ways to do this? =A0Just for learning.

MRAB's collections.Counter suggestion is what I would do.  Very tidy,
and also more efficient I think: O(n) instead of O(n log n).