Re: Bug in "sort 2.0"

[Ruy Exel]

 > Cc: address@hidden
 > From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
 > Date: 07 Nov 2000 13:11:09 +0100
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 > 
 > | Thanks very much for your message.  I have followed your advice and
 > | have solved my problem satisfactorily.  Nevertheless, assuming you
 > | have a say in future versions of SORT, may I suggest that an option be
 > | included so that SORT would adopt the standard ASCII ordering
 > | regardless of environment variables.
 > 
 > There is no need for such an option when you can invoke sort like this:
 > 
 >   env LC_ALL=POSIX sort ...

I agree with you on this point as much as I agree that there is no
need for operational systems when everything can be done with a
Touring machine.

Cheers,
Ruy