it’s so confusing that the order changes when adding IDENTICAL strings to BOTH filenames. Is this really how it’s supposed to be?

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Humans aren’t sorting this though. A computer is.

    How should 5.2 and 5.12 be sorted? Numerically 5.12 is less than 5.2. But if it’s a version then it’s “five dot twelve” and thus 5.12 is greater.

    These are contextual things that are very difficult for a computer to know. And trying to guess often just makes things weirder. So they often sort in a way that is at least consistent.