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From: windley@iris.ucdavis.edu (Phil Windley)
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Subject: Re: C++ vs Objective-C
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Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 00:38:12 EDT
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In article <275@nih-csl.UUCP> keith@nih-csl.UUCP (keith gorlen) writes:
>          since C++ is strongly typed, 

Can C++ (or any of the others in this contest) be weakly typed as well
as strongly typed?  Does the programmer have any control over this?
Any advantages to letting the programmer have a choice?  Just curious.


Phil Windley
Robotics Research Lab
University of California, Davis