A stupid question

Coastalguy · 06-12-2004, 06:40 PM

A slow domain night (or day depending on where you are at) so I'm using my one and only brain cell to ask a stupid question.

I noticed on the list of active members that -RJ- is not always the first name. I figured out that the hyphen (-) plus a letter before R bumps RJ.

My question is this:

Names are listed in alphabetical order. How are the symbols listed (obviously not alphabetically)? I'm thinking by the way they appear on your keyboard (~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * etc). Is that it, or does anybody really care?

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See, this is what happens when you have bought too many names and have sold too few!

Only people with 2 or more brain cells may respond.

Thanks,
ST

Anthony · 06-12-2004, 07:20 PM

It follows this mathematical theorem:

Quote:

; first define a help predicate that reports whether the
; symbol a is lexicographically ahead of the symbol b.
; to do that we have to look at the symbols for a and b
; and *not* their values.

(defun lex< (a b)
(string< (symbol-name a) (symbol-name b)))

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; next sort the symbols, using this new predicate

(defun isort (l)
(sort l #'lex<))

Coastalguy · 06-12-2004, 07:33 PM

That explains everything Anthony.

Obviously you do have 2 or more brain cells!

ST

06-12-2004, 06:40 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Coastalguy NamePros Expert Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Great White North Posts: 6,981	A stupid question A slow domain night (or day depending on where you are at) so I'm using my one and only brain cell to ask a stupid question. I noticed on the list of active members that -RJ- is not always the first name. I figured out that the hyphen (-) plus a letter before R bumps RJ. My question is this: Names are listed in alphabetical order. How are the symbols listed (obviously not alphabetically)? I'm thinking by the way they appear on your keyboard (~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * etc). Is that it, or does anybody really care? ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/the-break-room/33862-a-stupid-question.html See, this is what happens when you have bought too many names and have sold too few! Only people with 2 or more brain cells may respond. Thanks, ST __________________ FOR SALE: MLSHomes.org/MLSRealEstate.tv/VWTH.com

06-12-2004, 07:33 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
Coastalguy NamePros Expert Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Great White North Posts: 6,981	That explains everything Anthony. Obviously you do have 2 or more brain cells! ST __________________ FOR SALE: MLSHomes.org/MLSRealEstate.tv/VWTH.com

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