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Re: another take on hackers and painters

Subject: Re: another take on hackers and painters
From: Jerry Jackson <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:48:11 -0600
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Matt Hellige wrote:

> [Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>]
> 
>>At 5:00 PM -0400 5/20/03, John Clements wrote:
>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>Depends what you mean by "a type problem."  If I'm adding a number 
>>>and a string, that's definitely a "type problem,"
>>>
>>Is it? What's wrong with 1 + "3" producing 4?
>>
> 
> Wow... That just makes me cringe... And sets off my "perl proximity"
> alarm. By the same token, why not have 1 + "3" produce the string "13"?
> 


Heh, heh.  That's what Java does... :-)

References:
- Re: another take on hackers and painters
  - From: John Clements <clements@brinckerhoff.org>
- Re: another take on hackers and painters
  - From: Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
- Re: another take on hackers and painters
  - From: Matt Hellige <matt@immute.net>

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