Is C considered weakly typed Why

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C++ has always struck me as one of the most highly typed languages available.

So I was surprised to see that C++ is weakly typed.

Apparently,
 

Because type-casting allows one to interpret an integer field of a structure as a pointer, C and C++ are considered loosely typed.

 

Is the presence of type casting the only thing that matters?

Is the explicitness of such casting unimportant?

 

Is it truly universally acknowledged that C++ is weakly typed?

Why?
Aug 8, 2022 in C++ by Nicholas
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