Re: [TCLCORE] NULL again, with implementation

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On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 12:05:14AM +0200, Lars Hellstr?m wrote:
> Larry McVoy skrev:
> >Yeah, that's a limitation of living within tcl's retarded philosophy of
> >everything is a string. 
> 
> C's philosophy that everything is a (fixed width) number seems somewhat 
> more retarded to me, and most languages escape being retarded about 
> this only because they don't have a consistent philosophy for values in 
> the first place...
> 
> >It's a fine idea but go look at what the other
> >languages do and why
> 
> Since you bring it up: Pray tell, *why* do they do what they do? The 
> two main reasons AFAICT are:
> 
> 1. It's what the other languages do.
> 2. It's what happens at the level below (i.e., one step closer
>    to the silicon).
> 
> Neither is much of a philosophical principle, but perhaps you have 
> spotted some deeper meaning underlying the mainstream practices?

Try reading this:

	http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html

and if you get it, great, but if not, I'm really too busy to be dragged
into the discussion, I shouldn't have brought the EIAS crap up, my mistake.
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