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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to All   
   Re: Python (was Re: Recent history of vi   
   19 Dec 25 20:58:10   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:30:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote at 02:05 this Sunday (GMT):   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
   Is there some other interpretation of “strongly typed”?   
      
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