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On 15/10/2016 23:28, Eric Sosman wrote:

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>     One problem is that String comparison is character-by-character,
> meaning that version "1.10" compares *less* than "1.9".

That's true, but I was assuming that any comparison on versions would 
not just be a mere string comparison, but take into account the specific 
structure of the version number. For example, for a typical major.minor 
version, I assume that the checker would split the two parts of the 
version and compare them separately.

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