Re: [TCLCORE] NULL again, with implementation

[Lars H. <Lar...@re...>]

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?

Skeptically,
Lars Hellström