On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 06:23:24PM -0500, Thimble Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 06:21:58AM +0100, Kay-Michael Goertz wrote:
> >
> > In Unicode there is an collation algorithm for sorting and
> > comparing. Such a mechanism is very useful and universal.
>
> There is?
Ah. I'm sorry, I just looked it up and I see what you're talking
about - the Unicode Collation Algorithm and the Default Unicode
Collation Element Table.
But you still have to pick one collation element table or another;
you still have to sort, e.g., using French's handling of accent
characters or using the Default.
Tim
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