.NET 10 finally fixes what Windows 10 broke 😅

.NET 10 finally fixes what Windows 10 broke 😅

Numeric string comparison is here! No more Windows 10 showing up before Windows 8.

We’ve all seen it:

• Windows 10
• Windows 11
• Windows 8

Sorted alphabetically, not logically 🤦.

.NET 10 to the rescue:

• "8" < "10" < "11" — as nature intended
• No more writing your own comparer
• Episode 10 showing up before Episode 2
• Level 100 sneaking in above Level 9
• Iron Man 3 outranking Iron Man 2 (blasphemy)

It’s a small update. But it ends a decade of developer side-eyes.

Just use the new compare option:

StringComparer.Create(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, CompareOptions.NumericOrdering);

Which string-sorting bug made you cry the loudest?