>Does it compile to a true executable
Yes and you re-distribute with appropriate dll's obviously.
>...and is it strongly typed? VFP is wonderful but typing mistakes get me in trouble all the time.
The WLangage use typed variables but some implicit conversions are available so it is not strongly typed. The language is also not case sensitive.
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