From: w_a_x_man <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2010-11-08T06:00:16+09:00
Subject: Re: sort_by is not stable ?

On Nov 7, 12:34 pm, John W. Higgins <wish...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd rather have the efficient implementation that one can easily make stable
> by using the secondary comparison (as you can easily do in this case) than
> an inefficient version that really accomplishes nothing that the efficient
> version cannot.

I'd rather have a stable and efficient sort.  If Python can do it,
then there's no excuse for Ruby.