From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >   
   >Precisely what it doesn't assume. That's why the software in question   
   >gives you the option of different sort orders.   
      
   Which OS/360 did in spades.... there were plenty of options on the SORT   
   card, although all English-specific... including telephone book order.   
   Nothing handling digraphs like AE but there was a thing for numbers to be   
   put into spelled-out order.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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