[m-dev.] For review: minor additions to list.m and string.m

[Fergus Henderson]

On 08-Sep-2000, Ralph Becket <rbeck at microsoft.com> wrote:
> So, should I *not* add lt, gt, etc. on the grounds that concensus says
> they are just unnecessary clutter or should I add them on the understanding
> that they may be deprecated later on?

Well, I'm not sure if there is a concensus against them, but so far there
is no evidence of a strong concensus in favour of them.  And the rule of
thumb for when to add things to the standard library is this: if in doubt,
don't.

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