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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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