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BTW, I'm not sure I would list lexicographical sorting in with sorting algorithms. It isn't really an algorithm, it's an ordering. (It doesn't specify '''how''' to sort, only the '''order''' the items should end up in.) --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 11:25, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
: Yes, I agree. However, I didn't choose the template name, and if Rosetta Code users want to find other Rosetta Code tasks that deal with any flavor of ''sorting'', this was the best place to group all manner of sorting: algorithms, methods, ordering, order arranging, birds-of-a-feather, etc. You may have noticed that the REXX solution does use an algorithm (it is, in fact, a very slightly modified version of a (REXX's) bubble sort, with the comparison operator replaced with one that essentially uses a lexicographical comparison --- if I understand the meaning of ''algorithm''. Also, I had some misgivings of placing the Rosetta Code task '''sort three variables''' into that collection of '''sort algorithms'''. Perhaps some verbiage (by people in-the-know) could be added so that everybody knows that other non-algorithmic (?) methods may also be applicable/included within that sorting algorithms group/collection/thingy. I prefer a sort of loosey-goosey definition so that other types of sorting/ordering can be included in (or rather, won't be excluded from) that template of sorting algorithms. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 20:50, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
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