Timeline for Is there any practical use for the empty type in Common Lisp?
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| Aug 20, 2014 at 18:51 | answer | added | acelent | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Aug 2, 2014 at 15:15 | vote | accept | Pedro Rodrigues | ||
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| Jul 18, 2014 at 13:36 | comment | added | Pedro Rodrigues | @paul The former - my question is not about nil, it's about the empty type. I'm just wondering why anyone felt that it was necessary to add the empty type to the Common Lisp language. I can't think of any situation where it's needed/useful. | |
| Jul 18, 2014 at 13:06 | comment | added | paul | Are you asking whether nil can be dissociated from the concept of the empty type, or are you asking whether the language can do without nil completely? | |
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| Jul 18, 2014 at 11:28 | history | asked | Pedro Rodrigues | CC BY-SA 3.0 |