weak versus dynamic, definitional origins

[andrew cooke]

rcs at russellsalsbury.com (Russ Salsbury) writes:

> andrew cooke <andrew at acooke.org> wrote in message news:<mailman.1053102327.2952.python-list at python.org>...
> > strong/weak relates to whether types are defined in the runtime
> > system.
> 
> Actually the strong weak axis is determined by how strongly the type
> system is enforced.  Types don't necessarily have to be defined at

yes, i didn't phrase that very well.  i meant whether types are
enforced (much better word) at runtime (not necessarily by the runtime
system).

andrew

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