diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 08e4d79..947bdd3 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.4.1
+sbt.version=1.4.3
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jwo/collection/LexicographicIterableComparator.java b/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jwo/collection/LexicographicIterableComparator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a474ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/woggioni/jwo/collection/LexicographicIterableComparator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package net.woggioni.jwo.collection;
+
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class LexicographicIterableComparator<T> implements Comparator<Iterable<T>> {
+
+    private final Comparator<T> elementComparator;
+
+    public LexicographicIterableComparator(final Comparator<T> elementComparator) {
+        this.elementComparator = elementComparator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compare(Iterable<T> iterable1, Iterable<T> iterable2) {
+        final Iterator<T> it1 = iterable1.iterator(), it2 = iterable2.iterator();
+        while (it1.hasNext() && it2.hasNext()) {
+            final int cmp = elementComparator.compare(it1.next(),it2.next());
+            if (cmp != 0) return cmp;
+        }
+        if (it1.hasNext()) return 1;
+        if (it2.hasNext()) return -1;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static <S extends Comparable<S>> LexicographicIterableComparator<S> forClass(Class<S> cls) {
+        return new LexicographicIterableComparator<S>(Comparator.naturalOrder());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/net/woggioni/jwo/collection/LexicographicIterableComparatorTest.java b/src/test/java/net/woggioni/jwo/collection/LexicographicIterableComparatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d425682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/net/woggioni/jwo/collection/LexicographicIterableComparatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package net.woggioni.jwo.collection;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+
+
+public class LexicographicIterableComparatorTest {
+
+    private final static Comparator<Integer> DESCENDING_INTEGER_COMPARATOR = new Comparator<Integer>() {
+        public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2) {
+            return -o1.compareTo(o2);
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void equal() {
+        final List<Integer> l1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+        final List<Integer> l2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+        final LexicographicIterableComparator<Integer> c = LexicographicIterableComparator.forClass(Integer.class);
+        assertEquals(0,c.compare(l1, l2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sameLengthAscending() {
+        final List<Integer> l1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+        final List<Integer> l2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 4);
+        final LexicographicIterableComparator<Integer> c = LexicographicIterableComparator.forClass(Integer.class);
+        assertEquals(-1,c.compare(l1, l2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sameLengthDescending() {
+        final List<Integer> l1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+        final List<Integer> l2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 4);
+        final LexicographicIterableComparator<Integer> c = new LexicographicIterableComparator<>(DESCENDING_INTEGER_COMPARATOR);
+        assertEquals(1,c.compare(l1, l2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void differentLengthAscending() {
+        final List<Integer> l1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+        final List<Integer> l2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2);
+        final LexicographicIterableComparator<Integer> c = LexicographicIterableComparator.forClass(Integer.class);
+        assertEquals(1,c.compare(l1, l2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void differentLengthAndValuesDescending() {
+        final List<Integer> l1 = Arrays.asList(1, 3, 3); // we need different values, the shorter will always come first otherwise
+        final List<Integer> l2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2);
+        final LexicographicIterableComparator<Integer> c = new LexicographicIterableComparator<>(DESCENDING_INTEGER_COMPARATOR);
+        assertEquals(-1,c.compare(l1, l2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void differentLengthDescending() {
+        final List<Integer> l1 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
+        final List<Integer> l2 = Arrays.asList(1, 2);
+        final LexicographicIterableComparator<Integer> c = new LexicographicIterableComparator<>(DESCENDING_INTEGER_COMPARATOR);
+        assertEquals(1,c.compare(l1, l2)); // this is counterintuitive: the shortest comes first event in this case!
+    }
+}