thanks! :)

> The dispatcher does that by finding the appropriate multi-sub that implements the actual comparison.

ehm ... if I have an array with numbers and strings it will implicitly decide based on the type of $a and $b which comparison to apply?

> Rakus Str class is fully Unicode aware and by default sorts characters on the numeric value of the codepoint.

I'm not sure if that's sufficient to handle different standards.

E.g. the telephone book in Germany has another sorting than the dictionaries.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

update

clearer rewording

In reply to Re^4: Spoiled by Perl (sorting sugar) by LanX
in thread Spoiled by Perl by afoken

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