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Following that logic, then, one should not compare 'JOHN' against 'JOHNSON'. That is exactly equivalent to comparing '' against 'SON'
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"John Yeung" <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Bob P. Roche
<BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can compare them, The system just needs to
understand what is > or <.

Please understand my context. I was refuting the idea that "empty"
and "not empty" are the only tests that make sense for empty strings,
when empty strings are distinct from null.

According to Charles Wilt, even when empty strings are distinct from
null, it doesn't make sense to allow less-than or greater-than
comparisons between empty strings and other values.

John Y.
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