On 2023-01-25 at 08:58:06 +1100, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 08:22, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > > For backwards compatibility, bool was made a subclass of int. > > Plus, it's really REALLY handy in quite a lot of situations. > > > > C# is pickier, which I guess is a good thing. > > > > Nope, not a good thing. Actually a highly frustrating thing on those > occasions when I have to write C# code. The usual complaint is that some people write FORTRAN no matter what language they're actually using. Are you writing Python in C#? ;-) There's a sweet spot somewhere that includes dynamic typing, high powered global type inference and optimization systems, a thriving community, and a metric [boatload] of rock solid libraries. And an alomost fanatical devotion to the Pope. :-/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
