| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Certification |
| Date: | 2005-06-24 16:00:52 |
| Message-ID: | 7921.1119628852@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 17:06 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii:
>> Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained
>> about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C
>> locale.
> I have never seen an English dictionary or other list that sorts A, ... Z,
> a, ... z and accented characters (which do occur in English) last. It might
> be a preference for some people, but that is hardly an English vs. other
> language issue and certainly not a "should", as phrased in the question.
I think it's more a "programmers are used to ASCII order, but nobody else is"
kind of deal. I agree with Peter that the question is poorly chosen
because both #1 and #5 could be considered wrong.
(I do not much care for answer #2 either, as the space needed varies
quite a bit depending on version and compilation options...)
regards, tom lane
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