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Why sorting is harder than it seems (getgrist.com)
5 points by dsagal 1218 days ago
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pestatije 1218 days ago
The problem at hand is not sorting but type safety...brought to you by javascript
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dsagal 1218 days ago
It's not quite type safety, it's all about order, and it's definitely not specific to Javascript. Here's Python3:

  >>> sorted([10, 2, math.nan])
  [2, 10, nan]
  >>> sorted([10, math.nan, 2])
  [10, nan, 2]
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