guy@rlgvax.UUCP (07/09/83)
This ("sort" including the field separator in its comparisons) is an old old
old old old "sort" bug, going all the way back to V6! It's still in V7 (and
hence in 4.1BSD), and still in System III, and I suspect it may still be in
System V. Obviously (:->) it must be a *feature*, not a bug. Or maybe the
word is "misfeature"? Anybody out there, from the Bell UNIX group or elsewhere,
know WHY this hasn't been changed even though at least 6.02E23 people have
found it? *Is* it supposed to work that way, and if so, WHY?
Guy Harris
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