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by umanwizard 2286 days ago
I simply don’t have the intuition, at all, no matter how I think about it, that it should be false.

Is there any language that works the way you’re suggesting is more practical/intuitive?

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I'm not saying it should be false. It's the law of the excluded middle that forces us to make a true/false decision, in which case I can agree that, for mathematical reasons, it should be true.

For practical reasons, it might be better for it to be false. That would require some empirical research on whether this could actually prevent harmful behavior in practice.

From a design perspective, I would argue that "all" should not be defined for empty lists, because that forces people to consider whether the often-forgotten "empty list" edge case might cause an issue.