[clean-list] Re: no deriving Eq in Clean? / toString badness

[erik.zuurbier@tiscali.nl]

Ben wrote:

> I had to download the 
>Windows version and copy the files across. I also had to grab the 
> ...
>Then it turns out that you have to provide the instance for (==) anyway

>otherwise utility functions (lookup, find, .. ) stop working..
>...
>It's curious that you would choose to use (===) over (==) for the more

>common equality (at least from the programmers perspective) .. 
>...
>("'" +++ toString [1, 2, 3] +++ "'")  produces simply "''"
>...
>(toString 3) gives you the 'correct' answer "3"..
>
>a lesser man might have given up by now.

Clean has quite a number of features specifically geared towards weeding
out people soon who
would not appreciate its advantages.

Erik Zuurbier

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