Alex Ferguson wrote:
> That C++ has a very poor type system.
and Kevin Atkinson wrote in response:
> You are going to have to justify it as I thing C++ and Java has a VERY
> good type system minus the implicit typing system. In fact I *like* the
> C++ typeing system better than I do Haskell's in many cases.
C++ has no type *system*. At least I can see no *systematic* approach
to types in C++.
I like C++ but only for small one-shot programs there thinking about
a good long-term solution would take me longer than hacking a dirty
solution in C++. The good thing in C++ is the broken type system --
I can twist it any way I like in case of a *minor* flaw in the
design of my program. That twisting can be very hard in strongly
typed languages.
ciao pfitzen
