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Fine post. Some random nits...
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That it is about as fast as you are likely to get; that it is built-in to language so always available; and that it understands Perl internals; does.
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<p>I fail to parse that sentence. I also fail to parse the updated version:
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That it is about as fast as you are likely to get, it is built-in to language so always available, and it understands Perl internals, do.
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<p>What does the final ",do" do?
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So, sorting data when you want to sort according the the entire value of each element of the array or list is easy.
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<p>I'd rather <i>not</i> use the statement-modifier mode here, instead I'd say (s/the the/the/):
<p>So, sorting data is easy when you want to sort according the entire value of each element of the array or list.
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<p>--shmem
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_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ /
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");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}</pre></small>
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