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Article #3025Re: Dynamic typing (part 3)
From: David Gudeman
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 02:51
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 02:51
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In article <-B0A9_3@xds13.ferranti.com> Peter da Silva writes: ] ]That's because "real exp(real);" is programmed into everyone's head. If ]you have "complex y;" then "y <= 0;" is a syntax error. That's the point! If you _don't_ write "complex y", and somewhere you have "y <= 0", then you know that y is not complex. There is no pressing reason why you should have to write "real y" in most cases. -- David Gudeman gudeman@cs.arizona.edu noao!arizona!gudeman
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