Python

[Erik Max Francis]

Geoff Gerrietts wrote:

> Dynamically typed means something different from what you think it
> does.
> 
>   r = input("r?")
> 
>   # r is now of type string

No, input(x) is equivalent to eval(raw_input(x)), so if a numeric value
was entered at the prompt, r would contain a numeric value.  It sounds
much more likely he's written the equation exactly as written -- with
the ^ operator -- which doesn't work on floats.

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