The trouble with text-sorting algorithms

From: B (11@onna.com)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 13:39:34 EDT


The trouble with algorithms for sorting *text* is that often an algorithm that prurportedly sorts TEXT will really be sorting at least partly by PRONUNCIATION. So is it really sorting text?

I bet you could disturb the peace by wanting to know how to sort the Japanese word for "Japan" in Japanese. Does it sort before or after the pok



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