Re: Propsoal: a lua dialect without nil

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Tim Mensch <tim-lua-l@bitgems.com> writes:
>> Only true is true and only false is false. If you need to test a value
>> to be anything than false, just write (value ~= false) please.
>
> Yuck. This is a mis-feature of Java that I absolutely hate. This alone
> would kill the idea for me; I prefer to type less, not more.

I agree.  That's the sort of change that really only pleases pedants,
and annoys everybody else...

-Miles

-- 
Justice, n. A commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the
State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal
service.