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

[Steve Lamb]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:16:01 +1000, Richard Jones
<Richard.Jones at fulcrum.com.au> wrote:
>   Eh? You're comparing the assignment operation - the placing of a label on
>an object - with the automagical creation of an object? How is:

    No, the statement was the automagical type changing of Perl.  How is the
casting of a variable's type based on context any different than (re)casting
it based on context?  Esp. when Python does do some recasting as needed for
certain operations.


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