Re: Arithmetic on strings

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@trms.com> writes:
> I still think that only false should be false. Perhaps having a ?
> operator: myvar?
...
> Might as well do it all at once! :)

A very bad idea, as they have wildly varying popularity and utility.

String-number coercion: rarely used, people seem to actively dislike it

nil as false: used in like 75% of all functions...

-miles

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