I agree: one of the things I do appreciate in Java is that the compiler does catch those silly things and I don't really have to think about them any more. As a

I agree: one of the things I do appreciate in Java is that the compiler does catch those silly things and I don't really have to think about them any more. As a side effect, refactoring is very safe and you can depend on it. Clojure - that I like quite a bit - does not help me much along these lines; and this is an annoyance.