23 Dec
2003
23 Dec
'03
2:13 a.m.
[Paul Moore]
... The fact that [None] compares less than every other value is to me incidental, and arbitrary.
Arbitrary?! I clearly recall when the decision was made that None would compare less than anything else. I was in the same room with Guido, and this is a verbatim transcript of the debate: <snip> Two lines of code later, the Only Objectively Correct result was achieved.
history-is-more-impressive-in-textbooks-ly y'rs - tim
How about "everything" or "all" as the obverse of "none", ordered higher than all other values? "Some" is far too indeterminate. Dave LeBlanc Seattle, WA USA