Summary: strong/weak typing and pointers

[Michael Hobbs]

JCM <joshway_without_spam at myway.com> wrote:
> 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.

I was thinking that "rigid" would be the antonym of "fluid".

I'm not sure which would be the most accurate juxtaposition:
   solid vs. liquid
or
   rigid vs. fluid
or
   gaseous vs. plasmatic
or
   sticky vs. solvent
I could go on...

- Mike