From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-02-13T18:37:34+09:00
Subject: Re: von Rossum on Strong vs. Weak Typing

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:15:42PM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hmm, by my definition, strong typing means that every data has its own
> type, without exception.  Weak typing is that type can be mixed and
> changed very easily.  Dynamic typing is that types of expressions
> (including variables) are determined at run time, whereas static
> typing is that every expression (and variable) has its type determined
> at compile time.  Under these definitions:
> 
>   Ruby: strong dynamic typed language
>   Java: strong static typed language
>   AWK:  weak dynamic typed language
>   C:    weak(?) static typed language.
          ^^^^
  because of coercions (?)
>   Perl: weak part static, part dynamic typed language

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