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Re: another take on hackers and painters
1 + "7hr33"
how about
"8hr33"
"7hr34"
"7ir33" (hint: r = radix)
??
Guy Steele - Sun
Microsystems Labs To: dan@sidhe.org, mcguire@cs.utexas.edu
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Guy Steele - Sun
Microsystems Labs
From: mcguire@cs.utexas.edu
To: Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
cc: ll1-discuss@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: another take on hackers and painters
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 15:25:20 -0500
Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> wrote:
>[...] and both sides *are* numbers, after all. Why not coerce to types
>based on value? Seems the logical extension to dynamic typing to me.
What about 1 + "three"? :-)
"vier", of course. Or perhaps "shi"?
(Hmm. "Fear" and "death". I'm free-associating, wheeeeee!)
--Guy
P.S. What about 1 + "7hr33"?