Talk:Order two numerical lists: Difference between revisions

→‎Is the task statement consistent?: Doesn't seem as if it is.
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(Although it might invalidate earlier solutions). --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 17:45, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
::well, the current definition asks to return false if both are equal, but it matches the original intent (the treatment of equal lists was only clarified today anyways and is only relevant for sorting stability, which as we learned above also depends on the sorting algorithm which is beyond the scope of the task). --[[User:EMBee|eMBee]] 18:14, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
 
:::Hi eMBee, If you leave it as it is, you would have the first paragraph say one thing and the second another. If you want the ordering to come from that referenced wikipedia article on lexicographic ordering then it seems your first paragraph does not agree with it (the second seems to though). --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 17:35, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
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