From: kalvin.news@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to strengthen it?
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 07:01:14 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2015-05-22T07:01:14-07:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <mjn90s$9av$1@dont-email.me>
perjantai 22. toukokuuta 2015 15.57.07 UTC+3 J-P. Rosen kirjoitti:
> Le 22/05/2015 13:29, kalvin.-nospamhere-news@gmail.com a écrit :
> > Even C could be made more robust, if simple type checking is
> > performed at compile time. For example,
> >
> > typedef int apples;
> >
> > typedef int oranges;
> >
> > apples a = 5; oranges o = a;
> >
> > should generate type check error as the types are definitely
> > different types. Also, assigning enums to ints and ints to enums
> > should be considered illegal.
> >
> I don't agree. C is a low level language, and good at that. Its types
> are those of the machine: bytes and addresses, the rest is a (small
> quantity of) syntactic sugar.
>
> If you need strong typing, use a strongly typed language. But don't
> blame C for not being strongly typed, it was simply not part of the
> requirements.
>
> --
> J-P. Rosen
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What I heard, C is used in programming some operating systems. And C/C++ has been even used for programming some serious large-scale applications - not very low level to me. I have also heard some rumours that quite often bugs in C/C++ software are related to its non-existent type validation ;) Adding some type checking wouldn't make it less suitable for low-level programming. After 20 years in embedded C/C++ programming, I cannot say that it is good even for low level programming because of the weak type checking. C/C++ are the cancer of software engineering.
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2015-05-21 19:11 Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to strengthen it? Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-21 19:29 ` AdaMagica
2015-05-22 7:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-22 7:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-22 8:54 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-22 11:29 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 12:57 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-22 14:01 ` kalvin.news [this message]
2015-05-22 14:34 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-23 11:09 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-22 15:37 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-22 16:29 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 17:39 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-22 17:51 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 19:41 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-22 20:04 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 20:32 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-22 21:22 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-23 11:14 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-23 12:42 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-23 17:48 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-25 8:34 ` Pascal Obry
2015-05-25 10:22 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-25 18:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-22 20:39 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-28 22:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 6:56 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-23 12:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-25 7:14 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-25 12:26 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-25 18:44 ` Shark8
2015-05-25 19:54 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-25 21:25 ` Shark8
2015-05-26 7:46 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-26 8:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-25 20:01 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-25 20:04 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-25 20:37 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-26 7:52 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2015-05-26 11:43 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-26 15:38 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-28 23:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 8:51 ` Stefan.Lucks
2015-05-29 18:04 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-29 21:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-30 10:28 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-30 11:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-30 13:21 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-30 15:00 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-30 18:40 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-30 16:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-30 20:52 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-31 8:31 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-31 8:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-06-04 15:31 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-06-04 17:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-06-04 20:14 ` Shark8
2015-06-04 23:12 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-06-01 21:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-06-04 15:22 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-27 13:41 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-25 23:05 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-26 8:01 ` Sylvain Laperche
2015-05-26 8:20 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-26 8:49 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-26 12:36 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-26 13:39 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-26 14:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-26 16:19 ` Shark8
2015-05-26 20:51 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-26 17:11 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-28 23:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 21:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 22:32 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-26 8:17 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-28 22:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-28 23:18 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-29 21:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 7:55 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 9:27 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-29 10:23 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 12:01 ` G.B.
2015-05-29 13:43 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 15:32 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-29 15:57 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 9:31 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2015-05-29 10:37 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 10:56 ` Björn Lundin
2015-05-29 12:03 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-29 21:00 ` Shark8
2015-05-29 20:57 ` Shark8
2015-05-29 21:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-06-01 22:20 ` Shark8
2015-05-29 21:45 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 23:12 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-30 9:10 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-23 13:01 ` Luke A. Guest
2015-05-22 17:57 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-22 18:31 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 14:03 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 15:21 ` David Botton
2015-05-22 15:23 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 15:31 ` Bob Duff
2015-05-22 15:48 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 14:25 ` G.B.
2015-05-22 15:04 ` Bill White
2015-05-22 15:28 ` Bob Duff
2015-05-22 17:46 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-22 18:16 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 19:01 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-22 19:41 ` jan.de.kruyf
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