Sorting out sort (Re: Python vs. Ruby)

[Anders J. Munch]

"Skip Montanaro" <skip at pobox.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1041608921.24048.python-list at python.org...
>     >> > What more do you need?
>     >>
>     >> Something that chains properly.
>
>     Anders> What does that mean? What does chaining do for you that
>     Anders> composition doesn't?
>
> Preserve references to the original object?

l[:] = reverse(sort(l))

- Anders