Re: locale specific ordering in EN_US -- why is a<A<b<B<y<Y<z<Z?

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/21/12 3:37 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:

> ----
>     This is a prime example of Posix being stupid and bad for
> computer science.
> 
>     They take a deterministic behavior and define it to be
> non-deterministic and break 1000's of programs.

Try being a little less English-centric.  Collating order varies by
language.

Posix says that ranges work the way you are used to if you force the
traditional ordering using the `C' or `Posix' locale.  Take a deep
breath and use LC_ALL=C in your scripts to avoid depending on whatever
your OS uses as the default.

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