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Indeed, over the decades, the field moved from static weak typing (with a few languages being strong) to dynamic weak typing to strong typing with type inferenc
by alexvoda 4y ago
Indeed, over the decades, the field moved from static weak typing (with a few languages being strong) to dynamic weak typing to strong typing with type inference.
C has not benefited from any of this progress.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoModern C compilers have these features. They just need to be enabled.
- alexvoda 4y agoMaybe. But old code does not benefit from them. And new code either has to deal with old code or is often written in a style that does not use them. They are opt-in. More modern languages have certain features enabled by default. They are either mandatory or opt-out.