On 08/03/2008, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > C != en_US > > $ ( echo a ; echo B ) | sort > a > B > > $ ( echo a ; echo B ) | LANG=C sort > B > a > > $ ( echo a ; echo B ) | LC_COLLATE=C sort > B > a > > > The built-in C locale has no sorting order. All others provide ordering > of characters. And specifically, place each English small cap right > after the capital one. > > And not to mention that en_US does not use ascii. It used ISO-8859-1 and > now should use UTF-8 like the rest of the civilized world. >
That is interesting. Thanks! Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
