4 Apr
2002
4 Apr
'02
6:09 a.m.
No. That would break backwards compatibility. False==0, and True==1; everything else follows from that. (But False is not 0, and True is not 1!)
Ping> This is a strange distinction to make -- one that is not made in Ping> any other programming language i have ever encountered. I would be very surprised if none of the Lisp family of languages has similar anomalies in the relationship between eq and equal. -- Andrew Koenig, ark@research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark