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0 pointspeterfirefly1mo ago0 comments

Could be fixed by having a nicer casting syntax (like Rust) or by not having so damn many scalar types that are used in practice.

"Explicit casts only" worked fine in Modula-2, which doesn't have as many scalar types.

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Yeah most modern languages settle on having fewer types that are used most of the time and don't require as many casts.

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