Not an issue. Since when is type checking an advanced language feature?

I dont think this Kata as 8kyu, in Java. You have a wildcard List, you need to have a fairly amount of experience to understand
the ins and outs of how Java works.

Of course, that is the very definition: "They usually are not code that you would want to put into production"

you know is WAY slower than just comparing elements and substraction right?
I mean sometimes "clever" is not the right answer

46 people have solved it in C, so it must be a code issue. Post your code (in spoilers) and we can help.

Doubtful, several dozen folks have submitted successful solutions. If you'd like someone to take a look at yours then post it here with code block markup (```) and flag it as spoiler.

Please read posts below. The question has been put and answered many times.

Test Case Number 2:
WHY ==> 'Elizabeth' should equal 'Matthew'
i am calculating their values to be both 485, so alphabetically is Elizabeth 1st.
i am getting 66 Passed Tests and 2 Failed, both same case as this.

Im VOTING VERY SATISFIED cause some texts had in mind about type coersion too

Also you dont specify the language has to be javaScript. had to pass the test by trial and error