On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Alexander Klenin wrote:
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Juha Manninen <juha.mannine...@gmail.com> wrote:
The default sort routine is quicksort and it works well in every situation.
It uses a compare function which returns -1, 0 or 1 depending on its parameters.
You need different compare functions, not different sort functions to
support the languages.
Mattias tried to explain it already.
There could also be other sort functions / algorithms like merge sort
or even bubble sort, but that is another issue.
There are two independent issues here.
First is a possible lack of Unicode collation support in Lazarus -- I
am not sure about it,
but I was under the impression that UTF8Compare provides such support.
If I am wrong, then it is certainly a serious omission.
The other is a lack of standard algorithm and data structures support.
This is a most prominent factor behind the sharp decline of Pascal's relevancy
as a teaching language.
In fact, just this Friday I performed an informal presentation at the
conference of
top Russian teachers of informatics (it.mipt.ru/conference)
The main topic was "Free Pascal is not dead, please do not abandon it yet".
Recent addition of FCL-STL was a great move which promises some future
for Pascal in education. It has many shortcomings, but is definitely a
step in right direction,
compared to the current mess. I hope it did not come too late.
Can we hope to see some patches that remedy these shortcomings ?
Some time ago, We received an alternative implementation of these
generic classes, but since we do not use generics intensively,
we're not really in the position to make well-founded decisions.
As a result, the new implementation is simply floating...
So, a maintainer for the FCL-STL generics classes would be welcome.
Michael.
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