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09-02-2014, 04:26 PM
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(09-02-2014 08:22 AM)oldhpfan Wrote:  One important difference: Pascal is a strongly typed language, PPL is not.
... Strongly typed languages will tend to reduce programming errors, on the other hand you have to do type casts if you need to go from one thing to the other e.g. from a real to an integer, in PPL they are the same thing.

For what it's worth, you can obtain the benefit of typed variables in PPL by using the built-in variables (which are strongly typed) instead of creating your own. For example:
  • A through Z can only contain real numbers
  • Z0 through Z9 can only contain complex numbers
  • G0 through G9 can only contain graphics
  • L0 through L9 can only contain lists
  • M0 through M9 can only contain arrays (vectors or matrices)
So if you really do want strongly typed variables, they are available in PPL.

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HP Prime - gbh - 08-30-2014, 02:44 AM
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RE: HP Prime - oldhpfan - 09-02-2014, 08:22 AM
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