On May 7, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote:
> I think this is one of the top three things that non-VFP folks would
> criticize about the VFP language: 1) untyped variables 2) non-standard
> SQL (as you've just seen) and 3) config parameters (SET things ON/OFF
> and such in the config.fp) would drive these people nuts....
Slight correction: VFP has dynamically-typed variables, versus the
static types common in compiled languages. However, VFP variables are also
strongly-typed, meaning that it will not do assumed coercion, such as
Javascript does (e.g., "Fred" + 42 is perfectly legal in Javascript).
The proponents of static typing argue that it prevents errors at
compile time. IMO, static typing is like adding a really, really weak test to
your code. See this great article by Bruce Eckel, which focuses on Python's
typing, which is the same as VFP's.
http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/log-0025
-- Ed Leafe
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