[SC-L] The Importance of Type Safety

[Carl Alphonce]

Brad Andrews wrote:
> Perhaps we will get to a world where all the "management overhead"  
> doesn't matter, but until then, the extra cost for type safety should  
> be weighed against other factors, not just discounted out of hand.

I usually just lurk on this list, but in this case I'll bite - what is the cost 
of type safety that you're concerned about?

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