DMD 0.148 release

Kyle Furlong kylefurlong at gmail.com
Sun Feb 26 14:14:18 PST 2006


Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:59:42 +1100, Wang Zhen <nehzgnaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> I'm curious to know how you can tolerate the much impure int and real 
>> types while highly demanding a pure boolean. An integer bool is at 
>> least a superset of true booleans. Does that really bother people more?
> 
> 'int' is not impure. It is a defined subset of integers.
> 'real' is not impure. It is a defined subset of reals.
> 
> 
> 'int' is not a superset of boolean. They are in different domains. You 
> seem to be confusing implementation with theory.
> 
> --Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia

This is what happens when the theorists collide with the hobbyists. ;(



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