Thread: Ask me about Python

Originally Posted by ninja9578

C++ is not loosely typed, it's one of the strongest typed languages there is, behind only Ada. And you can turn on compiler options to make it just as strong as Ada. Polymorphism is not the same as loose typing. And just because C-casts and opaque pointers exist, doesn't mean they are used.

Of course polymorphism isn't loose typing. Polymorphism is one of the foundations of good design. void* is loose typing and I see it used all over the place (at least in C). "Exists in the language" means the language is not strongly typed. You may program in a subset of it that is (and I commend you for that) but you can't seriously claim that a language that lets you treat any type as any other type is strongly typed.