I guess I'm not too worried about sort order being incorrect, since it already is incorrect 99% of the time anyway—most programs sort strings "1" < "12" < "2",

I guess I'm not too worried about sort order being incorrect, since it already is incorrect 99% of the time anyway—most programs sort strings "1" < "12" < "2", whereas that's... wrong. It annoys me several times per week, but we've all accepted it and moved on. Apple's OSes do it right, but that's about it—and even still, if you're in a shell, it's probably back to being wrong.