From: Kevin Smith <sent@...>
Date: 2001-01-15T06:50:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9304] Re: 101 Misconceptions About Dynamic Languages

Patrick Logan wrote:
>> C++... is strongly typed for function calls.
>
>In fact, C++ is *not* strongly typed for function calls. I can pass in
>any damn thing I want to, to a function, and the language will not
>prevent it.

C++ will not allow you to pass "any damn thing" 
in. It will complain unless either there is an 
existing, defined conversion to the expected 
type, or you have explicitly casted what you are 
passing. C++ may play loose with types, but it's 
not that loose.

Kevin