Loosely Typed

Definition: A loosely typed programming languages is typically one that does not require the type of a variable to be explicitly stated. Perl is a loosely typed language. You can put any type of data into a variable and perl will interpret it based on context:

 $myVariable = 25;
 $myVariable = "A String."; 

C is not a loosely typed language (see strongly typed). You must declare the variable type before using it:

 int myVariable;
 myVariable = 25;