Flying With Python (Strong versus Weak Typing)

Max maxx at easynews.com
Wed Mar 12 14:15:07 EST 2003


On 12 Mar 2003 00:23:47 +0200, Erno Kuusela <erno-news at erno.iki.fi> wrote:

>In article <95cs6vo5k8rm15cd1iv0389kqfa2d2k7ht at 4ax.com>, Max
><maxx at easynews.com> writes:
>
>| The operating system I use (care to guess which one), and it's
>| related components (especially the web browser) I believe were
>| written in strongly typed languages. They crash regularly - strong
>| typing apparently does not replace the need for better testing and
>| QA.
>
>i wonder if you are confusing strong and static typing here.
>c and c++ certainly are not strongly typed, since the type
>system is not enforced (unlike in say, python).
>
>  -- erno

You might be correct. Can you provide a brief description of the two, so I can
make sure I understand correctly?




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