string-int[] array

[Max Klyga via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 2015-03-08 21:11:42 +0000, Paul said:

> On Sunday, 8 March 2015 at 18:05:33 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
>> Is it possible to create such an array in which you can store strings 
>> and numbers at the same time?
>> 
>> string-int[] array = [4, "five"];
> 
> As there's no mention of performance, what's wrong with a plain old 
> string array with a bit of conversion and error checking?
> 
> string[] soup = ["4", "Test", "5", "More Test"];

OP is fighting a loosing battle in flame war on some obscure forum. F# 
enthusiast trolls OP into solving stupid puzzles that are trivial in F# 
(or any ML-family language) and clumsy in C-family languages.

In language holy wars the only winning move is not to play.