From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-10-27T14:17:13+09:00
Subject: Re: reverse #succ ?

trans. (T. Onoma) wrote:
> Is there a reverse #succ for String? If not, could there be?

It's one of those things that looks easy until you try it.

There are too many "edge cases" that require judgment about how
to generate the next value.

Search the archives, it's been discussed off and on for five years.


Hal



PS - Are the archives up again yet??