[JohnFen]

> I am old school and do not use an IDE, so for me strong typing is a must.

I, too, prefer to avoid using an IDE. I appreciate strong typing, but I certainly don't feel that loosely or untyped languages are made more difficult to use by not using an IDE.

[38]

I use GVIM without plugins. So if I want to code some Python or JavaScript, I am looking at this:

    function hello(a, b) {
        return a + b;
    }

what the hell are "a" and "b"? numbers? strings? something else? no thank you.

[JohnFen]

Oh, sure, I completely understand where you're coming from. But if I'm using an untyped language, I'm already having to keep that sort of state in my head regardless.