Re: re rfc 15 typing

2000-08-10 Thread David L. Nicol
Michael Fowler wrote: > > > Which then raises a few more problems (whew): how do you coax user input > > > (which is an SV) into a value $foo can accept with very-strict on? > > > > You run it through an explicit conversion process, like using C in > > a C program > > Unfortunately, this involv

Re: re rfc 15 typing

2000-08-10 Thread Michael Fowler
I couldn't determine if this involves just language, or just internals, so I'm posting to both. Let me know if this discussion is inappropriate for one or the other (or both?!). On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:08:39AM +, David L. Nicol wrote: > > The other advantage of typed languages is that t