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> Those values have types, so those get tested as a side effect without any additional effort. Not in the presence of implicit conversions, often insane in dyn

by zvrba 12y ago

> Those values have types, so those get tested as a side effect without any additional effort. Not in the presence of implicit conversions, often insane in dynamic languages. (like, 12 + "34a" gives 46).

herge 12y ago
Often? what language does '12 + "34a" gives 46'? Not even perl does that.
- ahomescu1 12y ago
  PHP does, I just checked.
  - herge 12y ago
    So rarely instead of often. I would not judge all dynamic languages on what PHP does.
  - sitkack 12y ago
    using PHP in a discussion about types evokes Godwin.
  - krapp 12y ago
    I'm sure incrementing strings seemed like a good idea at the time...
- __david__ 12y ago
  > Not even perl does that. Are you sure? perl -e 'print "12" + "34a","\n"'