weak typing

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(idea) by ville (?) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:16:41

Also known as dynamic typing. The idea that values, rather than variables, has a type. This entails a run-time penalty.

Languages using weak typing include Scheme and Perl, while Pascal and Ada are strongly typed.

The difference is becoming a bit blurred. While Java nominally is strongly typed, you can get many of the properties of weak typing by passing around Object references.

(idea) by vector7 (?) (print) ? (I like it!) 2 C!s Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:16:41

Not pressing hard enough for the machine to register your keystroke. Witness the the Atari 400, which has a flat console keyboard that requires about 15N of force to press a key (banging with a hammer generally works).

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Permanent floating flame wars	C++ typedef	Java	Ada
Atari 400/800	IBM Model M Keyboard	I may be cold and calculating, but that doesn't make me a computer	tpyo
Newton	bitwise XOR	Strunk and White	expression
Z0	DPT	IBM Model M2 Keyboard	Question authority
big	Typing UNIX commands in a DOS window	Why won't several thousand Volts of static electricity kill me?	P
code	DET	JavaScript	Druxey

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