From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 2026-01-18, Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   > On 1/17/26 19:45, Someone Else wrote:   
   >   
   >> * Do you want the same sort for everything, including book titles,   
   >> and proper names? How do you reasonably sort people's names if you   
   >> don't know whether the surname precedes or follows the given name?   
   > Or which name is the correct one to sort on (think Iceland).   
   >   
      
   https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-beli   
   ve-about-names/   
      
   Still as relevant as it was 15 years ago.   
      
      
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