> 2. People are not idiots, and will not collapse into a gibbering heap if their programming language insists that 0 and "0" are different things and must be managed accordingly.
This. People are not idiots, they're learning. By making your language assume programmer is an idiot you're making it more difficult for said programmer to form a coherent mental model of what's going on.
This. People are not idiots, they're learning. By making your language assume programmer is an idiot you're making it more difficult for said programmer to form a coherent mental model of what's going on.