Re: Python (was Re: Recent history of vi)

rbowman <[email protected]> 21 Dec 2025 04:22:02 GMT

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On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:25:25 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>    Well, I kind of liked PICK system ... everything was equal, always
>    represented as a string. Numbers, chars, whatever - instantly/easily
>    converted between each other.
>    NO 'types'.

iirc Perl had 5 copies of a scalar just in case you wanted a string or 
character instead of an integer or float.