Timeline for What is the logical distinction between “the same” and “equal to?”
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| Sep 26, 2019 at 8:33 | history | edited | simonalexander2005 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2019 at 17:35 | comment | added | bishop | Wow, @JeffY, I hadn't read that one. Thanks for sharing! | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 17:07 | comment | added | Jeff Y | @bishop Don't know if you're referencing the recent news story or computer science, but this is a very practical example of the cost of getting this "philosophical" answer wrong: "Having ‘Null’ as a license plate is about as much of a nightmare as you’d expect" theverge.com/tldr/2019/8/14/20805543/… | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 16:12 | comment | added | Bill K | More importantly if they are "The same" object then changing one will change the other, if they are "Equal" objects they can also be "The Same" but maybe not and changing one will not change the other, it will just make them unequal. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 12:41 | comment | added | bishop |
No two NULL are created equal, either!
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| Sep 25, 2019 at 9:37 | comment | added | Unrelated String | And if you're looking at two NaNs in the same place, they are "the same" but don't compare equal! | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 9:40 | history | edited | simonalexander2005 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 24, 2019 at 9:05 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 24, 2019 at 9:03 | history | answered | simonalexander2005 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |