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Even 8 years later, Dan's insights remain as valid as ever, yet there's precious little progress.

Even 8 years later, Dan's insights remain as valid as ever, yet there's precious little progress. One point that has always annoyed me: Exists x . x + 1 < x. While I can forgive C for this defect given the history, the fact that this is broken in even Haskell is mind boggling. At the very least this should trap, but preferably, like in Scheme, integers should by default be unbounded.

Posted by FullyFunctional on Mar 23, 2015, 11:10 PM

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Even 8 years later, Dan's insights remain as valid as ever, yet there's precious little progress.

FullyFunctionalMar 23, 2015, 11:10 PM

Even 8 years later, Dan's insights remain as valid as ever, yet there's precious little progress. One point that has always annoyed me: Exists x . x + 1 < x. While I can forgive C for this defect given the history, the fact that this is broken in even Haskell is mind boggling. At the very least this should trap, but preferably, like in Scheme, integers should by default be unbounded.

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