> A lack of typing puts an upper bound on the complexity of the code that effectively limits the line-count and relegates the language to 'glue' status. That's

> A lack of typing puts an upper bound on the complexity of the code that effectively limits the line-count and relegates the language to 'glue' status. That's an opinion, not a fact. > IMO any mechanism that shifts that time of bug catching to development rather than operations should be preferred That's probably true of an existing product, but that's not the only concern in product development.