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November 2001, Week 4

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Steve Dirickson <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Dirickson <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:43:06 -0800
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> Double negatives aside, I find C++ troublesome too.  Maybe it
> was the dose
> of Pascal in my early training, but I started to choke when
> the instructor
> said that C++ was a strongly-typed language.  Maybe in
> comparison to Pascal
> it is.  But I found it very odd how C++ will automatically convert
the
> types of variables passed in subroutines instead of kicking
> out a warning
> or error.  This can lead to some hard to find bugs.  So, if I want
the
> flexibility of C, I'll use C.  If I want object oriented
> features, I'll use Java.

I don't remember running to difficulties with unexpected parameter
type conversions; what kinds of conversions were you seeing that
seemed inappropriate?

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