On Jun 18, 1:02, I wrote:
> Consider a simple example, a list of only two words
> noche (Spanish for "night")
> nochmal (German for "again")
> The German sorting rules demand that noche < nochmal, while the classic
> Spanish sorting rules demand that nochmal < noche.
Sorry, the latter statement was nonsense, so this example is not apt for
supporting my claim (which nevertheless holds).
Here is a valid (hence better :-) example:
> noche (Spanish for "night")
> Nockenwelle (German for "camshaft")
> The German sorting rules demand that "noche" < "Nockenwelle" (as "h" < "k"),
> while the classic Spanish sorting rules demand that Nockenwelle < noche
> (as "c" < "ch").
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
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