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Re:Why does sorting in computer science mean ordering rather... by mort96 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @03:59AM (#17924618)
What do you mean? I agree that dictionaries are ordered and not categorized, but do dictionaries claim to be sorted?
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Re:Why does sorting in computer science mean ordering rather... by alanbernstein on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:09AM (#17926814)
I thought parent was using "the sortedness of dictionaries" as his argument, I now realize he meant "the dictionary definition of 'sort'".
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