Re: RFC 195 (v1) Retire chop().

[David H. Adler]

On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 02:50:37AM +0000, Ed Mills wrote:
> Shoot chop. and chomp. Unless you add unchop and unchomp. Parity issue. Like 
> a language with YES and no NO.
> 
> Just kill then both.

Although I'm rather fond of symmetry, it's not inherently good.
Rather boring if overused.

I admit to being a bit sentimental about chop, but I can't think of
any exciting reasons to keep it.  The parity reasoning, however
strikes me as a bad idea/precedent.

dha
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