Java and C++ are not really statically typed

They are not strongly typed, but they are statically typed. There is a distinction. Strong typing means you cannot easily convert between data types (for instance, Perl is strongly typed. It is not particularly easy to convert between an array and a scalar). Static typing means the types are determined at compile-time. Casting is what you have to do in C and Java to circumvent the static type checking.

If you look at MJD's excellent talk again, you'll notice it is saying that strong typing can be good. It is also describing why static typing, as implemented in Pascal and C (and by extension, Java), is not very helpful.

In reply to Re^5: (OT) "Learn one new language every year"? Yeah, right. by revdiablo
in thread (OT) "Learn one new language every year"? Yeah, right. by FoxtrotUniform

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