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i would like to the syntax,semantics,implementation, and evolution of
DATA TYPES in the following laguages
1.C
2.C++
3.JAVA
4.PERL
5.FORTRAN
please give me information regarding above and also any links where i
can learn more about data types in different languages

thank you.

kris,

 > i would like to the syntax,semantics,implementation, and evolution of
 > DATA TYPES in the following laguages
 > 1.C
 > 2.C++
 > 3.JAVA
 > 4.PERL
 > 5.FORTRAN
 > please give me information regarding above and also any links where i
 > can learn more about data types in different languages

You should also include the Smalltalk language in your study. It is a
strongly-typed system that is bound at run-time. Everything is an object in
Smalltalk. Basically, it has only a few (less than 10) keywords. It's
semantics are the easiest I have every seen (and I have programmed
commercially in C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal, etc.). It's semantics are:

anObject doSomethingWith: anotherObject

where "doSomethingWith:" represents the name of a method. Both "anObject"
and "anotherObject" are objects. You need to master two concepts to
understand Smalltalk:

1) Everything is an object

2) You get objects to behave by asking them to perform their methods

Now all you lack regarding Smalltalk is a little practice.

Regards,

Randy