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From: Bengt Kleberg <bengt@softwell.se>
To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu, rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com, tjg@star.le.ac.uk
Subject: Re: ifs substitution, how should it work?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 03:55:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200005220755.JAA01026@trillian.softwell.se> (raw)

> From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
> Introducing contexts where singleton lists
> and strings are not identical seems a very bad idea.

I agree about the context bit. ie, lists and strings should be (or not be) identical in all contexts.
it is just that I thought that they should not be identical.

i wanted
x = asd
and
y = (asd)
to mean that x and y where not identical.


Best Wishes, Bengt
===============================================================
Everything aforementioned should be regarded as totally private
opinions, and nothing else. bengt@softwell.se
``His great strength is that he is uncompromising. It would make
him physically ill to think of programming in C++.''


             reply	other threads:[~2000-05-23 23:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-22  7:55 Bengt Kleberg [this message]
2000-05-22  8:53 ` Tim Goodwin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-05-19 22:10 Russ Cox
2000-05-18 12:57 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-18  8:12 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-18 12:12 ` Tim Goodwin
2000-05-18  6:32 Byron Rakitzis
2000-05-16 11:22 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-12 10:14 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-15  9:27 ` Tim Goodwin

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