From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-02-15T08:17:08+09:00
Subject: [OT] Re: von Rossum on Strong vs. Weak Typing

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 07:08:11AM +0900, Chris Thomas wrote:
> 
> 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 

If the integer is large enough you can fit the pointer inside and there's
only two left :)

> 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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