PEP0238 lament

[Tim Peters]

[]Stephen Horne]
> ...
> And what about the languages web developers are used to, such as
> VBScript and JavaScript.

Good thing you stopped before mentioning Perl (yes, 1/2 is 0.5 there) -- I'm
afraid the "mimic other languages" approach requires picking languages very
carefully if you want the illusion of consistency.  By the way, 1/2 is also
0.5 in standard JavaScript:

    http://www.el-mundo.es/internet/ecmascript.html

    11.5.2 Applying the / operator

    The / operator performs division, producing the quotient of
    its operands. The left operand is the dividend and the right
    operand is the divisor. ECMAScript does not perform integer
    division.  The operands and result of all division operations
    are double-precision floating-point numbers. The result of
    division is determined by the specification of IEEE 754
    arithmetic:

        yadda yadda yadda

produce-enough-frantic-arguments-at-random-and-some-are-likely-
    to-backfire<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim