Well, the article is the author's attempt to answer that question. I'm not sure that it's convincing to me, but then again I have a preference for strongly-type

Well, the article is the author's attempt to answer that question. I'm not sure that it's convincing to me, but then again I have a preference for strongly-typed languages so I'm probably not the correct audience. I'm just trying to help someone else understand the author's argument, as I understand it.