PEP0238 lament

[John W. Baxter]

In article <mailman.995948081.23225.python-list at python.org>, Justin
Sheehy <justin at iago.org> wrote:

> "Tim Peters" <tim.one at home.com> writes:
> 
> > Good thing you stopped before mentioning Perl (yes, 1/2 is 0.5 there)
> 
> Sure, but 1 == "1" there as well.
> 
> Ugh.

So is "spam" == "ham"   --> true 
I've done that more that I like to admit, although fortunately the -w
flag keeps me from finding those by long distance at 3AM.

  --John