Re: Simple Pascal question

In article <v8p9ht$9ptm$4@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 8/4/2024 8:09 PM, Dan Cross wrote:

In article <v8o4h8$2ut3$1@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 8/4/2024 8:22 AM, Dan Cross wrote:

In article <v8lpj0$ems$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

In article <v8hn3m$3aviu$1@gwaiyur.mb-net.net>,
Uli Bellgardt  <UliBellgardtsSpamSink@online.de> wrote:

The value 1.5 should be an f_float value as well:
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$ type zzz.pas
program z(input,output);
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var
     x : f_float;

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This seems very strange to me... Pascal isn't supposed to have such
strong typing, is it?  I don't remember ever having to manually coerce
anything.  Or is f_float sufficiently different from a normal float?

>
Just to touch on the Pascal point itself, one of that language's
hallmarks is almost excessive rigidity in how it treats types.

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Ada is even more strict.

 
Rust even more so.

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There may be different definitions of strict.
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But my take (apropos arrays) is:

You should spend some more time learning, less writing.
Perhaps read up on programming languages.

- Dan C.