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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost?
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 15:59:31 -0400
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"Darren New" <dnew@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Well, the original question is "is strong typing good?" I'm just trying
> to point out that it's not really a yes/no question, and the right
> question to ask is "is strong typing good for me?" And then you get to
> define the appropriate meaning for "strong typing". Clearly, if your
> programming environment is based on something like Extreme Programming,
> then strong typing (as the OP seems to define it) is *not* going to be
> beneficial and will probably slow you down at least to half speed if not
> more.
>

How so?  You assert this, but you never offer reasoning to support this
claim.

-CRM