Moi aussi. If you have strong static typing you don't need all those dumb functions like string_to_number("1234"), etc. to change the type you're given to the

Moi aussi. If you have strong static typing you don't need all those dumb functions like string_to_number("1234"), etc. to change the type you're given to the type you find you need right now. When you know that a variable is of a set type, you DO NOT need to keep looking to see what type it happens to be at the current moment, and then juggling it to suit.