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Subject: Re: [xsl] Sorting Upper-Case first. Microsoft bug?
From: Stan Devitt <jsdevitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 22:22:03 -0400

Markus,

Actually, I don't think we are that far apart. I strongly agree with you that the kind sort you mention is very important. I was definitely not suggesting it be removed and I don't really care what the various sorts are called. (Also, I'm only guessing that true lexicographic really was meant in the first place ...)

My biggest concern was over the "technical" contradiction between the REC and the implementations and the evident difficulty in reaching a concensus on that fact.

I was also somewhat surprised that people did not seem to have noticed that an implementor COULD have remained technically true to the lexicographic reference in the spec. and also addressed many (50% ?, 80%?, more? ) cultural differences also as directed by the REC. The fact that multiple implementors chose to sacrifice the technical meaning of lexicographic to further the cultural directive just lends weight to your argument of how important the other kind sort is and I'm not disagreeing with their decision.

Bottom line: People should not be this confused by the REC. A REC of this sort should definitely not
use a technical word like lexicographic in a non-technical sense. Either it did, or there is a contradiction.


We may still disagree on the importance of a true lexicographic sort, but we can debate that elsewhere.
Myself, I find it much more useful for my kind of data . :)


Stan Devitt






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