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About the "Typing discipline", The weak typing is not a precise definition. So, please remove it. 36.229.47.121 (talk) 12:04, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- That typing is not enforced, is a significant characteristic of the language, so I think it should be mentioned but maybe its the term you're objecting to. It makes sense to me. See Strong and weak typing. What makes you think it's not a precise definition? How would you word it? The Dissident Aggressor 14:46, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- (ec) It is, however, how the language is commonly described. Also, what would you suggest as the alternative - type safety is a spectrum, and C falls on the "less strict" end of that spectrum, but calling it generically "not type safe", while having a more precise definition, seems less helpful. Rwessel (talk) 15:25, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
- And I don't think this article is protected (semi, or otherwise). Rwessel (talk) 15:27, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
External link "A History of C, by Dennis Richie, archived from the original on February 2, 2004" is dead
The content of the external link "A History of C, by Dennis Richie, archived from the original on February 2, 2004" is unavailable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vitor.Alcantara.de.Almeida (talk • contribs) 13:10, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
- Fixed. Thanks! - Richfife (talk) 16:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
Inconsistency regarding relationship with ALGOL
From the Data Types section:
The type system in C is static and weakly typed, which makes it similar to the type system of ALGOL descendants such as Pascal, although C is unrelated to ALGOL.[28]
The assertion that C is unrelated to ALGOL is incorrect in a number of ways, and there are cited mentions of ALGOL's influence on C elsewhere. I would recommend phrasing something like this:
The type system in C is static and weakly typed, which makes it similar to the type system of ALGOL and its descendants such as Pascal.
I checked the citation, and it supports the assertions made about the type system but not the assertion that C is unrelated to ALGOL. It does mention that C is related to B and BCPL; in fact BCPL is a subset of CPL, which was more or less an extension of Algol.
98.202.130.141 (talk) 11:12, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- I agree. I've gone ahead and made the change. Rwessel (talk) 20:03, 6 January 2016 (UTC)