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		mdemare on March 15, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hello Haskell, Goodbye Lisp But I've tried Haskell, and I do like it! "X has nothing on Y" means X is not superior to Y. Not "X couldn't tie Y's shoelaces."

tome on March 15, 2009 [–]

The meaning is much closer to the latter in my experience.

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