Summary: strong/weak typing and pointers

[JCM]

Greg Ewing <greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Carl Banks wrote:
>> I recommend we stop using "weak/strong typing" as a technical term,
>> and leave it to be a meaningless buzzword for the ignorant peasantry.

> How about:

>     solid typing -- sharp boundaries between types, few
>                     automatic coercions

>     fluid typing -- lots of automatic coercions

> (Don't ask me what "gaseous typing" might mean...)

I think both liquids and gases are considered fluids.  Liquid Typing
and Gaseous Typing would be sub-categories.