OSNews article about C++09 degenerates into C++ vs. D discussion

[Sean Kelly]

Benji Smith wrote:
> 
> It's nice to know that the default assumption in C# is that nearly all 
> code will subject itself to the compiler's static type checking. Sure, 
> sometimes it's necessary circumvent the type system by casting pointers, 
> but I think it helps enforce good programming practice that those 
> untypesafe operations have to be specifically annotated before the 
> compiler will accept them.

But isn't the presence of a cast annotation in itself?


Sean