Re: Who said strong typing is a benefit?

[nma124@hotmail.com (steve_H)]

Jim Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<3DA96E28.9090104@worldnet.att.net>...
> tmoran@acm.org wrote:
> 
> >   What does the interpreter do when you add a 3D vector to a 2D vector,
> > or do "if A > B" where A and B are complex, etc.  I don't doubt that
> > it will "perform operations no matter what" - I'm just curious what
> > those operations might turn out to be.
> > 
> 
> My favorite response to this kind of question is "what will Matlab do
> when you take the square root of a string?"
> 
> Jim Rogers



� format long g
� s=' i am a string'

s =

 i am a string

� sqrt(s)

ans =

  Columns 1 through 3 

          5.65685424949238          10.2469507659596          5.65685424949238

  Columns 4 through 6 

           9.8488578017961          10.4403065089106          5.65685424949238

  Columns 7 through 9 

           9.8488578017961          5.65685424949238          10.7238052947636

  Columns 10 through 12 

           10.770329614269          10.6770782520313          10.2469507659596

  Columns 13 through 14 

          10.4880884817015          10.1488915650922