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Very nice. I would only add a few more.
If you are working with a database, it is often worthwhile to move the sort out of Perl and into an SQL statement. Likewise when handling files in a Unix environment it is sometimes best to just resort to the Unix sort utility. Another external "sort this file" module to play with is File::Sort. And I have a personal fondness for using the BTREE option of DB_File to maintain a sorted data structure. These are all worth knowing about, but moving sorts into SQL is particularly effective for saving headaches. While sorting the output yourself may be a fun demonstration of complex Perl manipulations, the database is likely to be faster, and (particularly if you are sorting on dates!) is likely to save headaches. In reply to Re (tilly) 1: Resorting to Sorting
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