Dim lststrSort As New List(Of String) From {"D", "d"}
lststrSort.Sort()

print(lststrSort) ' {d, D}
print("d" < "D") '  False
print(String.Compare("d", "D") < 0) ' True

String.Compare and < work differntly, sorting lists is consistant with String.Compare, but not with <.

I have option compare Binary on.