Summary: strong/weak typing and pointers

[Greg Ewing]

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...)

-- 
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg