Re: In precision typing we trust

["Lawrence D’Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid>]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 01:21:56 +0200, Niocláisín Cóilín de Ghlostéir
wrote:

> "... while Python will simply throw an error without providing any
> suggestions on how to fix it."

    ldo@theon:~> python3
    Python 3.13.7 (main, Aug 20 2025, 22:17:40) [GCC 14.3.0] on linux
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import math
    >>> print(math.arcsin(1))
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<python-input-1>", line 1, in <module>
        print(math.arcsin(1))
              ^^^^^^^^^^^
    AttributeError: module 'math' has no attribute 'arcsin'. Did you mean: 'asin'?

> Cf.
> "For OO paradigm it might be important, assuming Python implements them
> correctly, which I honestly doubt."
> says Dmitry A. Kazakov, "Re: Is Python higher level than Ada?",
> HTTPS://Usenet.Ada-Lang.IO/comp.lang.ada/o0h7tt$1o9f$1@gioia.aioe.org

Really?? Trying to say Ada is better than OO than Python, a language
that has classes as first-class objects?

(More obviously rubbish ones omitted.)