On: Programming languages, operating systems, despair ...

[nailer]

I do most of my work in infrastructure, and I'd find first class objects for IPs, networks, and humans useful.

[oconnor0 → nailer]

What advantages would first class IPs, networks, & humans bring over the ability to make first class objects for anything?

[nailer → oconnor0]

Standards. I can get a random module and know it expects these objects to have the same properties and methods I do.

[chc → nailer]

That would work just as well if they were part of the standard library, wouldn't it?