Nitpick: C is weakly typed, Ruby is strong. C is statically typed, Ruby is dynamic. Strong typing is about objects having a definite type. In Ruby, you cannot

Nitpick: C is weakly typed, Ruby is strong. C is statically typed, Ruby is dynamic. Strong typing is about objects having a definite type. In Ruby, you cannot cast a String to a Fixnum, an exception will be raised. But in C you may cast anything to anything really, and your program will believe you, whether it could possibly make sense or not...