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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: style Q: type .. is new String;
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Though I create new types regularly for numeric variables, I've only
rarely used other than the standard String type.  That saves doing type
conversions, but it would be nice to have strong type checking help me
detect errors.  Do other folks use new String types a lot and find it
works out well?