Numbers are by definition objects which we can add, subtract, increment, etc. I recall from thirty years ago that some guy named Peano generated the number system using these operations according to his Peano's Postulate.

That which cannot be added, incremented, etc. is not a number. A reference cannot be added, incremented, etc. Therefore a reference is not a number. The numeric comparison operator '==' is for comparing numbers. A reference is not a number. Therefore Larry and company should not permit the use of '==' to compare references, only numbers.

I also do not understand the statement that using '==' is more efficient when comparing references than is 'eq'. It seems to me that what we have here is an "amplifier that goes up to 11" type of argument (for those who have seen the film Spinal Tap.) Larry could simply take the algorithm that he uses for the '==' operator and use it for the 'eq' operator when comparing references (just as that amplifier maker could have taken whatever loudness he called 10 and instead called it 11.)

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In reply to Re: (tye)Re3: eq or == with references by sierrathedog04
in thread eq or == with references by Anonymous Monk

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