From: Chris Thomas <chris@...>
Date: 2003-02-15T07:08:11+09:00
Subject: Re: von Rossum on Strong vs. Weak Typing


On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 12:21  PM, Dan Sugalski wrote:

> I dunno, C lives outside the set of languages that really care about 
> strong or weak typing. If you really need to find its place in the 
> dichotomy, it's a strongly typed language that lets you lie to it. 
> (That it only really has three types is a separate issue, of > course...)

Increasingly off-topic, but I'm curious about which three types you 
consider C to have. Integer, pointer, float? Surely not string or 
array, which are both pointers with as little syntax sugar as Ritchie 
could get away with. But you might consider a pointer a glorified 
integer.

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