Not saying strong typing is good or bad, but I think tools allow strong typing much more conveniently now than when that B&D sentiment was written. Back then,

Not saying strong typing is good or bad, but I think tools allow strong typing much more conveniently now than when that B&D sentiment was written. Back then, you'd use vi/emacs and have to argue constantly with the type checker until it was placated. Now of course, your IDE will complete based on what's allowed in the Context.You().are.typing and it's more of a correct by construction affair. Ada might have faired differently if those tools existed then.