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Kevin Cline wrote:
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> Retesting a unit after adding a few lines of code means that type
> mismatches are caught immediately with or without strong typing.
With strong typing, you will catch it at code compilation.
Without, you will maybe catch it at test execution.
The former seems much more "immediate" than the later to me.

> But it goes faster if you don't have to compile and link every iteration.
So, use strong typing. Not only will save a lot of useless tests 
compilation, but also test writing.

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Lionel Draghi