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- Subject: Re: Is string always same as number? (the consistency of lua)
- From: steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:24:50 +0200
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Axel Kittenberger <axkibe@gmail.com> wrote:
> With this all four squares dynamic+weak, dynamic+strong, static+weak
> and static+stong can be filled with implementations.
I think Miles is right, we also need 'tough typing'. No implicit
conversions, explicit casts, no implicit subtype assignment, etc.
Generally it makes an excellent technical research topic and is a
really tough sell to actual programmers.
True weak typing is assembler; that register just contains bits.
steve d.