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Re:Faster Than Dijkstra? by michaelt on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:47PM (#47010030)
That's because it's not true.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordering

Order - transitive verb - 1. to put in order : arrange - "The books are ordered alphabetically by author."

noun - 4. b(1) the arrangement, organization, or sequence of objects or of events - "alphabetical/chronological/historical order" "listed the items in order of importance"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorting

Sort - transitive verb - 1. to put in a certain place or rank according to characteristics - "sort the mail" "sorted the winners from the losers" "sorting the data alphabetically"

noun - 5. an instance of sorting - "a numeric sort of a data file"

Re:Faster Than Dijkstra? by rkomorn on Friday February 13, 2026 @10:36PM (#47011279)
I don't get how this disagrees with what GGP wrote.