XPost: alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote at 02:05 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > On 13 Dec 2025 11:55:35 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:   
   >   
   >> Everything else is just a lot of lies. They pretend it's not strongly   
   >> typed, but in the real world you will only encounter a lot of issue if   
   >> you believe that.   
   >   
   > Think about why both JavaScript and PHP need a “===” operator, while   
   > Python does not.   
   >   
   > It’s because Python is strongly typed.   
      
   I thought it was because JS was too liberal with type-casting to make   
   things true, and the JS devs didn't want to break compatibility.   
      
   >> ... there are a lot of libraries helping developers.   
   >   
   > Other languages have done that before. Why do you think Python has been   
   > able to leapfrog every prior language in this regard? Perl had a lot of   
   > libraries to its name (still does), and yet that no longer seems to be a   
   > good enough reason to continue using Perl, simply because Python now does   
   > it better.   
   >   
   > It’s because Python has such a strong core language on which to build   
   > extensions. The libraries tend to make heavy use of this.   
      
      
   It is quite nice, yeah.   
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