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in reply to Re^3: Benchmark, -s versus schwartzian
in thread Benchmark, -s versus schwartzian

By "general", I mean "mortal people can work out a solution for all complex sort criterion". You have to be a frickin' genius to work out a single string for the GRT sometimes. The ST in comparison is always straightforward: construct a list of your sortable keys for a given input item.

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