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|    Robert A Duff to All    |
|    Re: language design implications for var    |
|    27 Dec 10 14:03:49    |
      From: bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com              >> Boolean is fundamentally two-valued; it's       >> not at all "object oriented".       >       > This is untrue.              OK, you're right, but...              >...Boolean lattice can be extended to tri-valued lattice,       >...[etc]              But not without breaking programs that use ifTrue:       and whileTrue: and so forth (which is approximately       100% of them). ;-)              - Bob              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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