On 11/4/05, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 10:32:56PM -0500, chris lee wrote:
>
> > http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/
> >
> > could this possibly be the fabled MS Linux?
> >
>
> Not if they're using a "type-safe language" as they claim. C, in which
> Linux is written, is anything but type safe. C++ maaaaybe.
C++ has void pointers, so is not type-safe.
"n order for a language to be completely type safe it either needs to
have garbage collection or place other restrictions on the allocation
and deallocation of memory" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_safety)
Just had to chime in with that. I've been playing with statically and
safely typed languages lately, of which C/C++ is neither. :)
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