bpo-28685: Optimize sorted() list.sort() with type-specialized comparisons (#582)

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@
 Chris Gonnerman
 Shelley Gooch
 David Goodger
+Elliot Gorokhovsky
 Hans de Graaff
 Tim Graham
 Kim Gräsman
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-01-28-15-09-33.bpo-28685.cHThLM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-01-28-15-09-33.bpo-28685.cHThLM.rst
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+Optimize list.sort() and sorted() by using type specialized comparisons when
+possible.