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Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost?
From: Dan Andreatta <andreatta@mail.chem.sc.edu.REMOVEME>
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dmjones <derek@NOSPAMknosof.co.uk> wrote in 
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> Strong typing requires me to pay more attention to 100% of the
> source I write.  By pay attention I mean I have to get it through
> the compiler (the compiler will pick me up on type errors that I will
> have to invest time in fixing).  Using a weakly typed language does
> not require me to invest so much time up front.
> 
To me, it seems the exact opposite. I can be a little sloppier, because I 
know that those errors will be caught by the compiler.

Dan