Sorting an array

[Jose Lerebours]

Mark,

Tell me again how running a shell script is a "pure-fP" solution?

While at it, tell me how it can be done without running "system" nor 
"user" commands or any "new shell" triggers?

Also, can you provide a resource measure of how the shell script is less 
of a hog than a PHP script?

Finally, if the script has to create a file to sort the file and then 
read the file, is this a "shameful" approach?

Please know that I ask simply because I am interested in "learning" what 
I obviously do not know and your answer(s) will be greatly appreciated.




On 05/19/2016 11:50 AM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:41:02AM -0400, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list thus spoke:
>> I think his "Gorilla" reference might have been to your suggestion
>> of installing WAMP, simply to sort arrays in filePro.
> *nod*  Exactly.
>
> And, as JPR just illustrated, even Bob Stockler, King of Awk (the king is
> dead, long live the king!), apparently did the array sorting as a pure-fP
> solution, and did not feel a need to invoke awk.  I think that pretty much
> settles the argument definitively.
>
> m->