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Darren Oakey makes a common mistake when discussing typing:
He's got a reasonably good technique - every function has a test that passes nulls to it - so very quickly you understand how your app deals with nulls. However, I'm not sure I'm buying in. This is like the smalltalk type arguments on weak typing compared to strong typing. Sure, we can rely on tests to ensure the robustness of the code - but there's a lot in me that says that's not the answer - I'd rather rely on the compiler if I can!
One problem - Smalltalk is not weakly typed. It's just not manifestly typed. C is manifestly typed and weakly typed.
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