#What goes where?
17-Feb-88 23:11:23
Sb: #109687-#What goes where?
Fm: John Draper 76703,4322
To: Richard Rae/SYSOP 76703,4253
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i wouldn't agree that it is based on my approach to the language, but
rather on my feeling for the essential rightness of a programming language
in general.
In a completely untyped language, you need never concern yourself with
types. The type will be whatever you use it for at the time. In this case,
casting is unnecessary and probably not even meaningful.
In a strongly typed language, one need cast only when a type change is
needed.
My point is that the mixing of implicit casts with needed casts is
dangerous.