Why don't other programming languages have ranges?

[Walter Bright]

bearophile wrote:
> Walter Bright:
>> On the other hand, people posting under pseudonyms have to work harder to
>> earn respect, and that's fair, too.
> 
> Sometimes I am polemical, very often wrong, nearly always partially wrong,
> and often I don't have enough experience. But I hope to have gained a bit of
> your respect in the last three+ years :-)

I appreciate your honest and forthright style, and the breadth of knowledge that 
you bring.