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- Subject: Re: Holes
- From: Tony Finch <dot@...>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:37:15 +0000
On 14 Dec 2010, at 08:34, Dirk Laurie <dpl@sun.ac.za> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 07:40:05AM +0200, Mark Hamburg wrote:
>>
>> Here is another potential solution to the "holes" problem:
>>
>> 1. Define a new value type HOLE or NIL or NULL or whatever.
>
> Sorry, I stop reading the post right here. A language that
> has only 8 value types can't afford to add a type simply to
> address a minor inconvenience.
My reaction is to ask why Mark would want to reinvent JavaScript.
Tony.
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