Question about checks for min and max values

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 01:54:07PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> That said, I doubt fP's syntax will change after 25+ years of being "wrong"
> on this topic.  That is -is- wrong will continue to remain a point of
> contention between those of us that regularly program in other languages as
> well, and those who live 95% or more in the fP-only coding world.

It won't.

> So...let it go.  I disagree with its interchangeable implementation,
> but arguing the point won't change anything.  They're too busy adding a
> spell checker to be bothered with it, even if they cared about the real
> difference.  I doubt they would muck with backwards compatability anyway at
> this point.  Too much extant code relies on the faulty application of that
> operand for them to dare touch it.

Yup.

> It's not worth fighting over.  The facts speak for themselves to anyone
> that cares to observe them.  They don't need rationalisation.  So long as
> someone's aware of the fP-specific implications, they can work around it.
> That they shouldn't have to is probably Jay's point, and definitely has
> always been mine.

Mark speaks for me.

Quite eloquently, thanks; I didn't have that much free time this
morning.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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