From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:20:25 -0500 (EST), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:05:03 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro 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...   
   >   
   >Maybe call it clubs rather than spades, then ... the software   
   >mentioned in the link does non-English sort orders as well.   
      
   You'd think after 60 years of technology that things would become more   
   sophisticated, yes.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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