Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@xxxxxxx> 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 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
