From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:14:47 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <957f05d9c447adf559a1ebdb66d96449@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <<200910070930.aa64725@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>> References: <<200910070930.aa64725@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] mishandling empty lists - let's fix it Topicbox-Message-UUID: 82f14aea-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Everything can be carried to extreme. Even ancestor worship. The > basic utilities were written by smart people who didn't always fully > understand what they were doing. There is nothing radical about > suggesting that we try not to repeat their mistakes. well why not take your own advice and implement this. live with it. let us know how it goes. - erik