diff --git a/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor b/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor
index f5adccf445..ba2fb055e2 100644
--- a/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor
+++ b/extra/sequences/lib/lib.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 USING: combinators.lib kernel sequences math namespaces assocs 
 random sequences.private shuffle math.functions mirrors ;
+USING: arrays math.parser sorting strings ;
 IN: sequences.lib
 
 ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@ -104,3 +105,20 @@ PRIVATE>
 
 : power-set ( seq -- subsets )
     2 over length exact-number-strings swap [ nths ] curry map ;
+
+: cut-find ( seq pred -- before after )
+    dupd find drop dup [ cut ] when ;
+
+: cut3 ( seq pred -- first mid last )
+    [ cut-find ] keep [ not ] compose cut-find ;
+
+: (cut-all) ( seq pred quot -- )
+    [ >r cut3 r> dip >r >r , r> [ , ] when* r> ] 2keep
+    pick [ (cut-all) ] [ 3drop ] if ;
+
+: cut-all ( seq pred quot -- first mid last )
+    [ (cut-all) ] { } make ;
+
+: human-sort ( seq -- newseq )
+    [ dup [ digit? ] [ string>number ] cut-all ] { } map>assoc
+    sort-values keys ;
diff --git a/extra/xml/utilities/utilities.factor b/extra/xml/utilities/utilities.factor
index 2ce4e2b3d3..a86b1c9214 100644
--- a/extra/xml/utilities/utilities.factor
+++ b/extra/xml/utilities/utilities.factor
@@ -120,18 +120,18 @@ M: xml xml-inject >r delegate >r xml-inject ;
     dup tag? [ names-match? ] [ 2drop f ] if ;
 
 : tag-named* ( tag name/string -- matching-tag )
-    assure-name swap [ dupd tag-matches? ] xml-find nip ;
+    assure-name swap [ dupd tag-named? ] xml-find nip ;
 
 : tags-named* ( tag name/string -- tags-seq )
-    assure-name swap [ dupd tag-matches? ] xml-subset nip ;
+    assure-name swap [ dupd tag-named? ] xml-subset nip ;
 
 : tag-named ( tag name/string -- matching-tag )
     ! like get-name-tag but only looks at direct children,
     ! not all the children down the tree.
-    assure-name swap [ tag-matches? ] curry* find nip ;
+    assure-name swap [ tag-named? ] curry* find nip ;
 
 : tags-named ( tag name/string -- tags-seq )
-    assure-name swap [ tag-matches? ] curry* subset ;
+    assure-name swap [ tag-named? ] curry* subset ;
 
 : assert-tag ( name name -- )
     names-match? [ "Unexpected XML tag found" throw ] unless ;