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The Importance of Type Safety

From: securecoding at nxtg.net (AF)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:46:52 +0100

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.

Hi Brad,
Could you please explain what you mean by "the extra cost for type safety"?

regards,
Antonio Fontes

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