Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/13/07 10:25

gosha bine wrote:
> On 12.06.2007 23:03 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Again, there's a difference between 'useless' and 'forbidden'. There
>>> are many examples of completely useless code, do you think it all
>>> should be forbidden at the language level?
>>>
>>
>> So, if it's useless, why not take it away? Why bother to maintain
>> something which has no use?
>>
>
>
> Try to think logically about this (you did learn logic at your school,
> right?)
>
> You're trying to prove the following:
>
> "implicit toString is useless and therefore should be removed from the
> language" (C)
>
> In order to prove the conclusion (C) you must prove two premises:
>
> minor premise (p): "implicit toString is useless"
> major premise (P): "everything that is useless should be removed from
> the language"
>
> You've put much effort in (p) and I think we can assume that you've
> proved it. Now, please prove (P).
>
>

No, I don't have to prove anything, Gosha. And I never claimed that
everything that is useless should be removed from the language. I only
claimed this "feechure" should be.

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