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If the type fits, I sits (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by joyjoy@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

In languages where there's no difference between string and char and where strings are sequences of string, they are endlessly recursively defined.

[–] CodeMonkey@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What language is that? That does not conform to duck typing.

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In Python, strings are sequences of single length strings, which themselves are sequences of strings.

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

We have to go deeper!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 2 months ago

typed python is a mess