Strong/weak typing

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:47:04 -0400
Mel <mwilson at the-wire.com> wrote:
> middle_name = raw_input ('Name?')
> middle_name = middle_name.split()
> middle_name = middle_name[1]
> 
> It works, but I don't like it enough to actually use it.

Especially since this works better anyway:

middle_name = raw_input ('Name?').split()[1]

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