From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fw.softwell.se ([193.15.236.45]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <26464>; Tue, 23 May 2000 19:00:29 -0400 Received: from trillian.softwell.se (IDENT:bengt@trillian.softwell.se [192.42.172.11]) by fw.softwell.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA31983; Mon, 22 May 2000 09:55:23 +0200 Received: (from bengt@localhost) by trillian.softwell.se (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA01026; Mon, 22 May 2000 09:55:23 +0200 Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 03:55:23 -0400 From: Bengt Kleberg Message-Id: <200005220755.JAA01026@trillian.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? > From: "Russ Cox" > 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++.''