Explanation: Number literals have different types in those different languages.
In #JavaScript, a literal sequence of digits evaluates as a 'number', which is a limited-precision floating-point number.
js> 36342608503257322 == 36342608503257320
true
In #Python, a literal sequence of digits evaluates as an 'int', which is an infinite-precision integer number.
py> 36342608503257322 == 36342608503257320
False
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