> "abc" + "def" = "abcdef" vs "abc" . "def" = "abcdef"
Would be better comparison if you would use whitespace in the other case as well. Which then makes it just as readable.
Also. "0" + "42" would that be "042" or 42? It may be better readable, but the semantics are unclear.
That's an argument for types. While it's more convenient to use a language without types it's more error prone. So I guess in the end strong typing wins.
>>> 0 + 42
42
>>> "0" + "42"
'042'
>>> "0" + 42
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects
>>> int("0") + 42
42
Seems disingenuous to me. Java and Python are in a different class of readability than Bash or Perl.
Example: "abc" + "def" = "abcdef" vs "abc"."def" = "abcdef"