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| From: | Brian Hurt <bhurt@s...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Stupid question |
On 15 Jan 2004, skaller wrote:
> Well, <> is a polymorphic value comparison.
> Whereas != is a physical inequality comparison.
Yes. I was wondering why the compiler didn't catch that I was comparing
booleans and thus it could inline the value comparison, and reduce it to
the equivelent to !=. I've gotten into the habit of writting <> because
I'm playing around with FP, and 1. <> 1. is false, while 1. != 1. is true.
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