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Thomas Bushnell BSG scripsit: > Cannot the few cases where people want this specific thing simply > define an order themselves on the strings they share support for? The only portable approach would be to split the strings into chars, and map the chars using char->integer, and sort them according to what you want. It can't be done portably at all in R5RS, because there is no knowing what mapping integer->char provides. -- John Cowan jcowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx At times of peril or dubitation, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Perform swift circular ambulation, http://www.reutershealth.com With loud and high-pitched ululation.