[Pxtl]

We have static typing and dynamic typing and duck typing... is there a name for this crap where stuff gets converted willy-nilly without your say-so? Drunk typing?

[gamegoblin]

Isn't that just the definition of "weak typing"? When you can do stuff like object + string + number and get an answer.

[tel]

PHP typing

[gamegoblin]

JavaScript and Perl, too.

[GhotiFish]

it's likely the manifistation of the anti pattern "stringly typed".

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?StringlyTyped