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Re:“It is never a compiler error” by sullyj3 on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @05:34AM (#15702801)
Python throws an exception for incomparable types. I guess that's not really practical on the web.
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Re:“It is never a compiler error” by TremendousJudge on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @09:11AM (#15703801)
why is it better to silently fail than to throw an exception simply because it's running on a web browser?
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