Posted by Data Goob on 05/27/05 06:59

dterrors@hotmail.com wrote:
> Actually, try to write a complete java app that 10 programmers work on.
> That's how you'd learn the need for strong typing...
>
ding!
Point goes to dterror... :-)

The point being that if you have a team of programmers the completed
project is as strong as the weakest link. But it might be instructive
that PHP eliminates the inherent weakness of depending on strong
typing, by eliminating the strong typing in the first place.

On balance though, a great PHP team can still make mistakes and can
still get things wrong, but it typically is other issues besides
type errors. In fact, most of the PHP programmers I know have
been careful to manage type issues out of sheer terror that their
peers will shame them, perhaps this is something you missed in the
grand scheme of things. :-) Of course that means without a team
you might miss something without peer review, but maybe it makes
your code even more challenging to do things right.

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