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

"Marco van de Voort" <marcov@toad.stack.nl>
20 Nov 2002 15:18:02 -0500

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From: "Marco van de Voort" <marcov@toad.stack.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 20 Nov 2002 15:18:02 -0500
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
References: 02-11-059 02-11-071 02-11-083 02-11-097
Keywords: C, design
Posted-Date: 20 Nov 2002 15:18:02 EST

>> Gayev.D.G.=?koi8-r?Q?=3Cdg=C1ev=40mail=2Eru=3E?=@mail.rsl.ru wrote:
>> : WONG SAI-KEE wrote:
>>
>> : Most modern languages require variables (as well as other objects) to
>>
>> But, languages like HyperCard, VisualBasic (I was told) do not.


  Robert A Duff wrote:
> Languages should be designed primarily for the human reader.
> Declarations make programs easier to understand, presuming you are
> declaring useful information (useful to the human reader).


I personally think the reasons are compilation, and the error catching.


Note that adding optional typing to VB increases performance, and is
considered "professional".


Therefore, the compiled element of VB seems to favor typing too.

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