1. Re: [If/then and sequences...]
- Posted by irv <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Aug 29, 2000
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Agreed Matt. I'll never support a greater_than/less_than function. In fact, > I can't understand the rationale behind compare() and equal() either. To me, > it seems a lot more intuitive just to use the '=', '<', '>' symbols with > sequences. I can't understand Robert's idea that using these symbols with > sequences is a bad thing. > > So what's the big deal with ... > > sequence A,B > > if A = B then .... Run this little program, look at the output, and see why we might want = to do what it does... sequence a,b a = {"Mary","Joe","Tim","Sue","Arnold"} b ={"Mary","Moe","Tom","Sue","Arnold"} ? equal(a,b) ? compare(a,b) ? a = b -- --Regards, --Irv