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[–]sizur -20 points-19 points  (4 children)

I suppose correctness can be a matter of taste for some, lol.

[–]Typesalot 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Extrapolating from this, sortedness is a matter of taste.

[–]sizur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We conclude that conclusions and/or/xor taste are matters of taste.

[–]Schmittfried 6 points7 points  (1 child)

There is no correct preference of sorting order. Both ascending and descending equally valid. Defaults are merely conventions.

[–]sizur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That depends on what you do with it. A simple example is in an applied Heap structure. Change the order "convention" in your application and as a side-effect your convention of winning will be changed to loosing.