Why don't other programming languages have ranges?

[Justin Johansson]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 08/01/2010 05:44 AM, retard wrote:
>> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:38:17 +0000, BCS wrote:
>>
>>> Hello retard,
>>>> Has anyone except the almighty
>>>> Andrei ever even downloaded a theorem prover?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, ACL2.
>>>
>>> http://www.dsource.org/projects/scrapple/browser/trunk/backmath
>>>
>>> Now I know why that sort of thing isn't done more often.
>>
>> Learning how to document your code might also help. It looks like a mess.
> 
> I think it takes some good amount of courage and confidence to put one's 
> identity and code out there for everyone to criticize. Conversely, 
> criticizing from the comfort of anonymity and without producing "do as I 
> do, not only as I say" examples doesn't sit well.
> 
> Andrei

Well put.  Similarly can be said about posting with anonymity on
a newsgroup period.  I for one have made numerous newsgroup bloopers,
whether being an "academic" err or perhaps a socially tactless response.

Whenever I realize one of my bloops, I often wish for retrospective
anonymity.

Justin ( no last name given :-) )