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		Wowfunhappy 87 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabeti... > Isnt the author confusing "alphabetical sorting" with "ASCII sorting"? But it's actually not ASCII sorting either! ASCII sorting would mean 'Z' comes before 'a' and I assume even the author doesn't want that! No matter what, there are going to be hidden tricks!

userbinator 87 days ago [–]

But it's actually not ASCII sorting either! ASCII sorting would mean 'Z' comes before 'a' and I assume even the author doesn't want that!

I don't know about the author, but that's exactly what many others who know about ASCII expect, including me. Digits, then uppercase, then lowercase.

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