[PD] [*] vs [*~]

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 30, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> Pd is strongly typed, so floats and signal data are different  
>> types, just like floats and symbols.
>
> What is a type? (without just giving a list of the existing types  
> in pd)
>
> What does "strongly typed" mean?
>
> Have you read what I wrote to you, about "strongly typed" being  
> vague wording?

I think the wikipedia page does a pretty good job of describing it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_typing

The bullet points in particular.

.hc

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