Perl is worse! (was: Python is Wierd!)

[Steve Lamb]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:55:51 -0700, Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>Steve Lamb wrote:
>
>>     As a human, type 1.  Character?  String?  Integer?  Floating
>> number?  No,
>> it is 1 and it can be all of those all on context.

>In Python, and most programming languages that have some notion of type,
>it is an integer.  If you wanted a string, then you'd have typed '1', or
>converted it to a string with `1` or repr(1) or str(1).

    Most, not all.  Again, I ask, as a /human/.  Not as a computer,
calculator, dog, fish, pet rock, face on mars, some gas creature in
delta-theta 3 (word up, gass monster) or almond, is 1 a character a string an
integer a floating point number or what?  If you have problems ask about 2
dozen people off the street what 1 is with that question and see how many
puzzled looks you get.

>If you don't like Python, then don't use it. 

    When did I say I didn't like it?

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