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

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> Steve Lamb wrote
>     Range returns an error because of a bad type being stuffed into it.  Perl
> at least sees that it is a number and makes the conversion itself.  I had to
> get around it by changing the foo assignment line to:
> foo = int(match.group(3))

Euw! No, the "oh, I know what you want that to be, I'll change it
for you" is my #1 all-time perl hate. I want a 
"use really_strict_and_leave_my_types_alone" option before I ever
consider looking at perl for anything ever again. Particularly when
combined with magic linenoise - use the wrong bit of linenoise, and
suddenly your large complex datastructure is an int. Yaaay.

Anthony

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Anthony Baxter     <anthony at interlink.com.au>   
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.