From: Farley Flud Subject: Re: More Funny Stuff From Joel Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <17d716103c089ab3$7951$675878$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <2ej96j1mbvgiok4q5c57vdlo94itpfu5dt@4ax.com> <6664e989$0$2363151$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <666c7d64$0$8224$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <17d8f76338fd2172$286715$550379$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <666cae3f$0$7535$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <17d8fbb90f2fc9f2$336065$705664$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <666cd63d$0$7528$426a34cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 19 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:07:13 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:07:13 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1544 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Message-Id: <17d92249f228a4b8$338102$533214$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Bytes: 1941 On 14 Jun 2024 23:46:05 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > For example is "Γ" before or after "G" which is before or after > "g"? And then, you'll have the Chinese characters to sort, how do you do > it? > ????????? Is 10 before or after 3 which is before or after 5? You are dumb! Characters are not sorted; numbers are sorted -- and this is the whole point of normalization. Of course, Chinese chars are way down the list with American ASCII at the very top. I suppose that, in time, the Chinese will scrap Unicode and replace it with an encoding that has their characters at the very top.