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Re:What else are we getting wrong about programming languages? by open-source-ux on Sunday October 30, 2016 @06:54PM (#12832993)
Does an enumerated type fulfil this? Pascal, for example, has had this for decades.
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Re:What else are we getting wrong about programming languages? by nradov on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:21PM (#12833127)
Enums are a separate issue. They are certainly helpful for some cases but are not an example of a scalable type system.
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