Which leads to the delineation between poetry and programming :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregory Woodhouse Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Objects vs. Types
No, because it has no meaning -- at least in a model theoretic sense. It could (reasonably) be argued that "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" has meaning, but it would be incoherent to say the terms in this sentence could denote anything (just as it is incoherent to say that a number is both even and odd). === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing is as powerful than an idea whose time has come." -- Victor Hugo On Sep 6, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Jim Self wrote: > > >> but not restricting x to a numeric type can lead to nonsense >> operations >> like trying to add 1 to to true (or a string). >> > > Why do you assert that 1 + true is nonsense? Just because it is not > allowed in some > programming languages? > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
