On: Should JavaScript be split into two languages?

[em-bee]

that's not what pike is doing though. int and float are still kept separate.

btw, i just checked, typeof() no longer shows the difference between int and bigint. it did in the past if i remember correctly

[xscott → em-bee]

You gotta read between the lines with the commenter above. Their name is a reference to "Smug Lisp Weeny", and they're part of the religion (cult) that thinks everything in Lisp (usually Common Lisp) is perfect. He couldn't care less about Pike, except as an excuse to be smug about Lisp.

[anonzzzies → xscott]

Besides his nick, was he smug? He just noted that Lisp(likes) solve this problem for some version of 'solve' with the numerical tower. The implementations don't (usually; I am not aware of any) mix exact and inexact as that would be foolish obviously.

[xscott → anonzzzies]

> Besides his nick, was he smug?

Saying, "That's nice." is a cliche condescension. You're free to disagree, but I think his intent was clear.

[anonzzzies → xscott]

Ah, I did not read that into it. But guess that might be what he was doing.