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

[Bill de hÓra]

> 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?

What would you like it to be? Types formally came about to avoid such
confusions. What's the big deal about typing?