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From: jeff@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Subject: Re: Why typing?
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 18:28:07 GMT
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dick@silicon.csci.csusb.edu (Dr. Richard Botting) writes:

>Most language have evolved towards the strongest form of typing.  For
>example:  CPL->BCPL->B->C->ANSI C->C++

Well, for one thing, C++ came before ANSI C.

For another, there are few cases with such a clear progression.
For instance, how much difference is there between Algol 60 and
Pascal?  Also, many languages don't have a nice list of ancestors.

-- jd
