Re: Evil type coercion

From: Bob Butler (tiredofit_at_nospam.com)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:43:40 -0800

"Rick Rothstein" <rickNOSPAMnews@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
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>> I don't think the Str logic is onvolved at all; strings
>> are always > numerics
>
> "Always" is such an all-encompassing word.<g>

In the context of this thread it encompasses only strings and numerics
inside Variants! 

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