From: Erik Lundevall <erikl@...>
Date: 2001-01-15T08:36:36+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9309] Re: 101 Misconceptions About Dynamic Languages

At 05:10 2001-01-15 +0900, you wrote:

>"Josh Stern" <jstern@foshay.citilink.com> wrote in message
>news:3a615fb9$0$78691$65a95bcd@news.citilink.com...
> >
> > 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.

You are thinking of C, I believe. C++ will require the parameter types to 
match the function signature - possibly with an implicit conversion if one 
unambiguous conversion exist between the parameter type and the 
corresponding argument type of the function call.

/Erik