Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that of Date & Darwin? [M.Gittens]
From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 11 Jun 2005 10:55:34 -0700
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Date: 11 Jun 2005 10:55:34 -0700
Message-ID: <1118512534.520424.51700_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
> The "type" of such a variable is assignable just as much as the value is.
I think the clearer way to say it is that in these languages, variables do not have type.
There are some people who assert that "dynamically typed" languages are not typed at all, and that the term "type" refers specifically to statically checkable properties. But the term "dynamically typed" is in pretty heavy use, so that's probably a losing battle.
Marshall Received on Sat Jun 11 2005 - 19:55:34 CEST