C strongly typed?

[Charles Hannum]

In article <14318 at cbnewsc.ATT.COM>, lgm at cbnewsc.ATT.COM (lawrence.g.mayka) says:
>
>Despite the syntax, 'void *' has no semantic connection to 'void'
>at all as far as I can see.  Indeed, they are almost opposites:
>"anything" vs. "nothing." Apparently, C compiler writers simply
>decided to apply some new semantics to whatever unused syntax was
>lying around.

As they did, but less effectively, with the keyword "static".


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