On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:04:19 -0500, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
> Lisp doesn't really have access to "the input list" in any real sense:

Oh, that's what I was missing: sort can't really do something like (setq
foo (sort foo)) by itself. I guess that renders my point moot.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Cheers,
Daniel