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Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by crdoconnor on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:52PM (#12345775) 

   Main.java:17: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converted to int
    int z = x + y;
>btw, Python: '1' * 3 -> '111'

In theory I agree with this but in practise I see this so rarely used it barely matters.

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Re:“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the soft... by oliverkyss on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @02:15PM (#12346036)
Sorry, I meant "11" (String), same result as with JS.

see here: https://repl.it/Cqeq/0

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