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Yup...i can confirm that (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] sus@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the problems there are exacerbated a lot by over-eager type coercion and other crappy design decisions inherited from almost 30 years ago

[โ€“] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Yep lua and lisp/scheme are also unityped and not even close to as broken. All are remarkably similar languages, theory-wise.

...also something something Guido not getting tail call elimination and people sending him copies of the wizard book. It's been a while.

(And, yes, lua does proper tail calls).