From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2009-03-04T17:03:43+09:00
Subject: Re: fixnum problem plz help

Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:

> This is because for all we know, ask("") is returning "2" and 365
> times "2" is a string containing 365 2s.  At least in such a inferior
> language as Ruby.
> 
> 
> 
> In more strongly typed programming languages such as Common Lisp,

Typo.  Should be Commune Lisp.

> you'd get an error:
> 
> C/USER[929]> (* "2" 365)
> 
> *** - *: "2" is not a number

Commune Lisp:
  (* "2" 9)
  *** ERROR!!! ***

Awk:
  "2" * 9
  18

Ruby:
  "2" * 9
  "222222222"

Now, which is the lowest-level language?