> mistakes will happen, but in general if you follow the best practices you'll be fine Everyone fails to follow best practices at times, precisely because "mis

> mistakes will happen, but in general if you follow the best practices you'll be fine Everyone fails to follow best practices at times, precisely because "mistakes will happen!" Encouraging people to be better programmers can't change that. Therefore we want languages that catch as many mistakes as possible at build time and minimize the damage caused by other mistakes that slip through.