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: I think it's okay if one task is a generalization of another, because the more specific version might be able to take shortcuts that can lead to different approaches in some languages. --[[User:Smls|Smls]] ([[User talk:Smls|talk]]) 12:21, 24 August 2016 (UTC) |
: I think it's okay if one task is a generalization of another, because the more specific version might be able to take shortcuts that can lead to different approaches in some languages. --[[User:Smls|Smls]] ([[User talk:Smls|talk]]) 12:21, 24 August 2016 (UTC) |
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: I have asked similar questions about the multiplicity of the various "sorting" tasks. I have come to accept it, because apparently sorting is a thing and people like to play with different ways of doing it. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 12:48, 24 August 2016 (UTC) |
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In what significant way does this differ from Sort using a custom comparator? Or Natural sorting for that matter? Actually, one could directly use the code from Natural sorting to sort lists of OIDs. --Thundergnat (talk) 00:14, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
- I think it's okay if one task is a generalization of another, because the more specific version might be able to take shortcuts that can lead to different approaches in some languages. --Smls (talk) 12:21, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
- I have asked similar questions about the multiplicity of the various "sorting" tasks. I have come to accept it, because apparently sorting is a thing and people like to play with different ways of doing it. --Rdm (talk) 12:48, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
Correctly sorted?
That output has some undocumented decorations on it, presumably those are not relevant to the task? --Rdm (talk) 00:32, 8 July 2016 (UTC)