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From: "Beard, Frank [Contractor]" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil>
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Subject: RE: Is strong typing worth the cost?
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> OK this is very trivial, but think about this in a big complex program
> where the variables are not so obvious. Say a Mars probe that crashes
> due to a simple bug or whatever.

Exactly.  Do you see any cost/benefit of not crashing your
Mars probe into the planet?  Or lets say you're dealing with
a vehicle that transports people.  Do you see any cost benefit
of not crashing it into the ground?  Let's see, big lawsuit 
equals big cost.  As far as the benefit, ask the people traveling
on the vehicle.