Re: wise words

x wrote:
> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:EThdg.10553$S7.9193_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > David Cressey wrote:
> > > "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > > news:Dn4dg.10138$S7.4187_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > >> x wrote:
> > >>> Have you counted your snakes recently ?
> > >> Yes (frequently) - still NULL! :-)
> > >>
> > >> Cheers, Frank.
> > >
> > > Wouldn't it be nice if the count were zero, instead?
> >
> > It would certainly be safer for moi! However in the real world 'le
> > slither' is prolly still about somewhere - but given it is autumn I
> > suspect there is some low lying hibernation happening - hence NULL at
> > this moment!

>
> Have you counted the *missing* snakes ?

It sounds like he is only aware of an empty set of snakes, which we can record as a value while he attempts to figure out what the lack of a value might mean.

--dawn Received on Thu May 25 2006 - 16:51:38 CDT