Bob writes -
>Character alphabet ==> 'abdcefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
>
>Is this intentionally not alphabetical?

Yes - Squeak is using the new Microsoft Alphabet(tm) standard.  We should
also be changing to the new Microsoft Numbers(tm) standard ie.
'012435Q6789'.

The new standard for rotation of the earth has also been established but
not yet implemented:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q131/1/09.asp

Cheers --

-- Duane

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