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Re:Strong typing, a hill I'm willing to die on by zabzonk on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:04AM (#37766220)
>A strong type system does not allow types to change

so... like in c++?

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Re:Strong typing, a hill I'm willing to die on by neverartful on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:30PM (#37768652)
No. C++ does allow types to change. That's exactly what casts are for.
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Re:Strong typing, a hill I'm willing to die on by zabzonk on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @02:23PM (#37769453)
no. c++ allows you to convert a value of one type into a value of another type (in a very limited number of cases) but you cannot change the type of an object.
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