Are you talking about this: 
$ python -c 'print("START"); print(x + y)'
START
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'x' is not defined

$ perl -E 'use strict; say "START"; say $x + $y'
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name (did you forget to d
+eclare "my $x"?) at -e line 1.
Global symbol "$y" requires explicit package name (did you forget to d
+eclare "my $y"?) at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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Now, this is Python and not Lua and maybe Python does have some 'strict' mode hidden somewhere... but I think it doesn't and it's pretty gross that it actually executes some code (print("START")) before crashing. I take it Lua also doesn't the equivalent of 'strict "vars"'.
Which makes the current state of the community all the more depressing.
Well, OTOH, I heard Lua has sane and simple C API, while Perl has XS... nothing is perfect.

In reply to Re: It's so easy to become complacent. by Anonymous Monk
in thread It's so easy to become complacent. by BrowserUk

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