[REBOL] Re: Sameness - a pragmatic approach.
From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 11-Feb-2003 15:51
Hi Joel,
On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 2:30:09 PM, you wrote:
JN> I am inclined for the former interpretation, for (oddly enough) the
JN> same reason (avoiding unnecessry concepts). I can think of no test
JN> that distinguishes among the value of V and the two values in B, and
No test can prove them being the same, either; so it is an
arbitrary choice anyway, and I was just worried of (wrong)
implications the former might suggest to a casual reader: one
thousand "1"s will consume the same amount of memory than one "1"
because they are all the same value. Thus I wanted to avoid the
concept "they are the same conceptually, but not in
implementation", since I don't find it worth it.
Anyway, again, both choices are valid and arbitrary, as long as
the behavior of SAME? is consistent with them. :-)
Regards,
Gabriele.
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