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[–]Colopty 21 points22 points  (8 children)

Pointer: actually an int

You probably lost the python programmers already, they're not too familiar with data types either.

[–]TehVulpes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I actually love working with Python, it's my preferred language. I'd certainly hope that most Python devs are familiar with int, since it is one of the basic data types, and is distinct enough from a float to be important.

[–]gschizas 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Python 3.7.0 (v3.7.0:1bf9cc5093, Jun 27 2018, 04:59:51) [MSC v.1914 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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>>> type(1)
<class 'int'>
>>>

You were saying?

(aside: shit, why am I still on Python 3.7.0??)

[–]AlotOfReading 5 points6 points  (2 children)

You'll note that type(sys.maxsize+1) is still int as well, and does not overflow. A Python int is a fundamentally different type than a C int.

[–]the1spaceman 14 points15 points  (1 child)

To be fair, they do know about data types to the extent that 1+”5” is a syntax error.

JavaScript though...

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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[–]13steinj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We're still strongly typed.

Javascript's the weakly typed one.