Re: Sort function modifies the table being sorted?

[Egor Skriptunoff <egor.skriptunoff@...>]

On 6/14/12, Jorge <xxopxe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Abusing the comparison operator of a sorting function is a classic.
> http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/02/microsoft-random-browser-ballot.html

Thank you, Jorge.
The article is quite interesting.
Such a simple and innocent mistake leads to very strange behaviour of code.
It is very like to spirit of ideas from "Underhanded C Contest".

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity.” :)