From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-07-19T01:04:40+09:00
Subject: Re: The Pebble in the Ruby Shoe

On 7/18/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> > On 18/07/07 Robert Dober said:
> >
> >> I do not like categorical statements, but this one might be the
> >> exception that confirms the rule.
> >> +1 (or was that +0 ;)
> >
> > Lets not forget also that doing things for the sake of being different help no
> > one. I for one must work in multiple languages. I still haven't forgiven Matz
> > for the whole, "0 is true" thing. ;-)
> >
> > Mike
>
> I haven't forgiven Scheme for "nil is true" either!! That's just *so*
> wrong to a Lisp 1.5 programmer.
>
Much more difficult to see the benefits of this, but I am listening ;)

R.
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