From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:52:31 -0500 (EST), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
      
   > There are international standards but they are in some degree of   
   > conflict. The way that you sort a mixture of roman letters and kanji   
   > is not the same as the way that you sort a mixture of roman letters   
   > and hanzhi.. The characters are the same but the method is not.   
      
   Which is why the choice should be made at query-retrieval time, not   
   data-storage time.   
      
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