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    And in Smalltalk, for example, it will neither result in an integer nor a float, but in a rational. Commented Nov 7, 2023 at 23:42
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    I'll add that the Python "Int divided by Int = Float" is relatively new, even for Python - Python 2.x used the "Int divided by Int = Int" approach, and it's 3.x that changed it. Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 5:37
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    (On that note, the documentation of the change can be found here, in PEP-238). Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 5:41
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    The tl;dr; is that Python doesn't have integer variables, only integer objects. In python 2.x you can't tell what a/b means. In C and Java you can look at the declaration of a and b to know the type. Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 9:13
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    @AlexanderThe1st Thanks for that. I'll update the answer. Commented Nov 8, 2023 at 16:11