Re^4: Why Perl in 2020

His claim is correct in the sense that in Python, everything is an object (see an example).

Ironically those objects are hidden behind a procedural skin, no doubt because Python was procedural before OOP was bolted on, and they couldn't have two ways to do the same thing :)

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Re^5: Why Perl in 2020 by LanX (Saint) on Jan 07, 2021 at 13:25 UTC
Are you sure this isn't just an example of autoboxing of primitives like in JavaScript without explicit `String` class as wrapper for primitive `string` type ...etc? ° Perl can/could do the same see `autobox` Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} °) see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Primitive	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Why Perl in 2020 by Arunbear (Prior) on Jan 07, 2021 at 16:51 UTC
I'm not convinced Python actually has primitives in that sense - at least I'm not aware of any way of distinguishing objects from non-objects (the type function always returns some class or other, unlike it's JS counterpart typeof).	[reply]
Re^7: Why Perl in 2020 by LanX (Saint) on Jan 07, 2021 at 17:17 UTC
They could fake it by implicitly bending the method-call operator `.` much the same way `autobox` does it with `->` In the end it's only a question of improving performance. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Why Perl in 2020 by stevieb (Canon) on Jan 06, 2021 at 15:52 UTC
It would have been prudent of me to have worded it as you have, and that is exactly what I meant... in Python, everything is an object.	[reply]