--- External.pm.bak	2008-07-11 22:30:52.000000000 -0700
+++ External.pm	2008-07-11 22:52:14.000000000 -0700
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
             $comparecode = sub {
                 my $test = shift;
                 return 0 if $test eq $cutoff;
-                my $winner = ( sort $sortsub( $cutoff, $test ) )[0];
+                my $winner = ( sort $sortsub( $test, $cutoff ) )[0];
                 return $winner eq $cutoff ? 1 : -1;
             };
         }