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coffee wrote:from "A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages" (http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/b ... wrong.html"

That's an excellent read, I recommend it to anyone here. I've run across it two or three times before.

1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate.

Perfect.

Robin wrote:That's an excellent read, I recommend it to anyone here. I've run across it two or three times before.

So, will Lua have an entry someday? How probably would sound?

Jasoco wrote:

1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate.

Perfect.

I always felt was more important debate the margin distances in punched cards.

nevon wrote:

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> Math.min() < Math.max()
false

Just saying,
Math.min returns +Infinity if given no arguments
Math.max returns -Infinity if given no arguments
That is intermediately logical, and is how you would normally calculate min\max, without adding additional 'if' for zero arguments or undefined argument values.

YellowAfterlife wrote:Just saying,
Math.min returns +Infinity if given no arguments
Math.max returns -Infinity if given no arguments
That is intermediately logical, and is how you would normally calculate min\max, without adding additional 'if' for zero arguments or undefined argument values.

Yes, but that's not the point. The point is that it is unexpected, counter-intuitive and inconsistent.

Normally, for any number of arguments, the property Math.min(x1, ..., xn) <= Math.max(x1, ..., xn) holds. That is what you expect. The only exception is when n = 0. That's enough to warrant a wat.