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Re: another take on hackers and painters




1 + "7hr33"

how about

"8hr33"
"7hr34"
"7ir33" (hint:  r = radix)

??



                                                                                                                       
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   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"?