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Article #3694Re: definitions
From: Herman Rubin
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 10:53
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 10:53
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I was of the opinion that strong typing meant that objects (bit patterns in
memory, registers, discs, etc.) of one type could not be used as objects of
another type. As someone who has deliberately used this of course highly
non-portable feature often, it is this aspect to which I object.
--
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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