From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-01-14T02:17:31+09:00
Subject: Re: sorting with the Swartzian transform

> What are you talking about? I think you're
> confused, but if not, please illustrate
> with code.

Well, Ruby's 'sort' is smarter than I expected:

>> array = [10, 2]
=> [10, 2]
>> array.sort
=> [2, 10]
>> array = ['10', '2']
=> ["10", "2"]
>> array.sort
=> ["10", "2"]

The latter example is what I was thinking of.  I was influenced by my Perl
days and forgot that Ruby could make a smarter sort.

Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137