>I think you're confusing strong typing with type safety. Check the wikipedia page for strong typing. Type safety is one of the ~11 or so different definitions

>I think you're confusing strong typing with type safety. Check the wikipedia page for strong typing. Type safety is one of the ~11 or so different definitions. It's one reason I try to avoid using the term - because it's more emotional than meaningful. >Static typing, on the other hand, completely eliminates the need for sanity type checks You've not programmed in C have you?