.sort vs sort(): std.algorithm not up to the task?

[Andrew Edwards via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 02:07:07 UTC, Mike B Johnson wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 01:57:47 UTC, Andrew Edwards wrote:
>> If I hand you a chihuahua for grooming, why am I getting back 
>> a pit bull? I simply want a groomed chihuahua. Why do I need 
>> to consult a wizard to get back a groomed chihuahua?
>
> Because is like a poodle and unless you get your hair cut in a 
> special way you won't be considered for the job! The wizard 
> only exists to balance the symmetric arrangement of the 
> interplanetary forces, don't fear him, he does his job in a 
> very predictable way.

Pretty funny. But seriously, this is something that just work. 
There is now to layers of indirection to achieve what I used to 
do quite naturally in the language.