Re: Pointers to "why C behaves like that ?"

"Mark Alexander Wolton" <mwotton@cse.unsw.edu.au>
15 Nov 2002 00:37:55 -0500

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From: "Mark Alexander Wolton" <mwotton@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 15 Nov 2002 00:37:55 -0500
Organization: The University of New South Wales
References: 02-11-059 02-11-071
Keywords: C, design
Posted-Date: 15 Nov 2002 00:37:55 EST

>> Why the C lang behaves like that:
>> We need to delare variable in advance, in contrast to other
>> lang, the program simply use without declaring it.
>
> Most modern languages require variables (as well as other objects) to
> be declared before use. ...


Have you looked at modern functional languages like Ocaml and Haskell?
Almost all types are inferred rather than statically declared.


mrak

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