diff --git a/krakenGrammer.kgm b/krakenGrammer.kgm
index a4681de..4dcdbb6 100644
--- a/krakenGrammer.kgm
+++ b/krakenGrammer.kgm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ scoped_identifier = scoped_identifier WS scope_op WS identifier | identifier ;
 
 #Note that to prevent confilct with nested templates (T<A<B>>) right_shift is a nonterminal contructed as follows
 right_shift = ">" ">" ;
-overloadable_operator = "\+" | "-" | "\*" | "/" | "%" | "^" | "&" | "\|" | "~" | "!" | "," | "=" | "\+\+" | "--" | "<<" | "<" | ">" | right_shift | "==" | "!=" | "&&" | "\|\|" | "\+=" | "-=" | "/=" | "%=" | "^=" | "&=" | "\|=" | "\*=" | "<<=" | ">>=" | "->" | "\(" "\)" | "\[]" | "\[]=" ;
+overloadable_operator = "\+" | "-" | "\*" | "/" | "%" | "^" | "&" | "\|" | "~" | "!" | "," | "=" | "\+\+" | "--" | "<<" | "<" | ">" | "<=" | ">=" | right_shift | "==" | "!=" | "&&" | "\|\|" | "\+=" | "-=" | "/=" | "%=" | "^=" | "&=" | "\|=" | "\*=" | "<<=" | ">>=" | "->" | "\(" "\)" | "\[]" | "\[]=" ;
 func_identifier = identifier | identifier overloadable_operator ;
 # allow omitting of return type (automatic void)
 
diff --git a/stdlib/str.krak b/stdlib/str.krak
index a158409..0d83aa7 100644
--- a/stdlib/str.krak
+++ b/stdlib/str.krak
@@ -206,6 +206,23 @@ obj str (Object, Serializable, Hashable) {
         var str.construct(other) : str
         return *this == str
     }
+    fun operator<=(other: ref str): bool {
+        var l = 0
+        var r = 0
+        while (l < length() || r < other.length()) {
+            if l == length() {
+                return true
+            } else if r == other.length() {
+                return false
+            } else if (*this)[l] < other[r] {
+                return true
+            } else if (*this)[l] > other[r] {
+                return false
+            }
+            l++
+            r++
+        }
+    }
 
     fun operator*(n: int): str {
         var to_ret.construct(): str
diff --git a/stdlib/vec.krak b/stdlib/vec.krak
index 22c8325..28a6e24 100644
--- a/stdlib/vec.krak
+++ b/stdlib/vec.krak
@@ -357,5 +357,28 @@ obj vec<T> (Object, Serializable) {
             initial = func(data[i], initial)
         return initial
     }
+    fun sorted<U>(less_than: run(ref U, ref U): bool): vec<T> {
+        if size < 2 {
+            return *this
+        } else {
+            var left  = slice(0, size/2).sorted(less_than)
+            var right = slice(size/2, -1).sorted(less_than)
+            var to_ret.construct(size): vec<T>
+            var l = 0
+            var r = 0
+            while (l < left.size || r < right.size) {
+                if l == left.size {
+                    to_ret.add(right[r++])
+                } else if r == right.size {
+                    to_ret.add(left[l++])
+                } else if less_than(left[l], right[r]) {
+                    to_ret.add(left[l++])
+                } else {
+                    to_ret.add(right[r++])
+                }
+            }
+            return to_ret
+        }
+    }
 };