Re: Xy III & Faulty Memory?

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from xywrite@xxxxxxxx Wed, 28 Oct 1998 8:28:14 -0500

Shawn Harrison wrote:

>> People who think ==0> is tidier than
>> <1> may not realize that it is far easier for an
>> interpreter to reach greater-than or less-than decisions
>> than to resolve equivalence...

> To my mind, > is tidiest of all, and I would think it would be
> faster, because it returns a "true boolean" value to the program. As a
> bonus, it's *two more* characters shorter. Any reason not to use it?

Right. Well, there are two problems. I was proposing ==0>, so
certainly what you actually mean to say is )> -- and that isn't
shorter. But beyond that, > simply does not work now, and
never has worked, in XPL. Two compelling reasons not to use it.


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Robert Holmgren
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