Re: [Pan-users] Making Pan behave like OE/Windows Mail

[Joe Zeff]

On 01/28/2013 04:02 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> If you're not asked for a stable sort, you can't exactly be criticised
> for not providing a stable sort. Much.

To be fair, neither of us was aware of the "problem" until after the 
work was done.  I knew how to write a shell sort and that it was loads 
faster than a bubble (especially one written in the least efficient 
manner) but I wasn't aware that it wouldn't come out with the customer 
numbers in the same order or that this was even an issue.  I would have 
thought that (remember, this was back in '84) going from 60 minutes to 
sort 300 names to 3 would be good enough, but I guess she wanted egg in 
her beer as well.