>(And by the way, your original statement was that design patterns were easier in VFP than in .NET)

You disagree?

With a loosely typed language I can work out three patterns at once and let the program settle on one as it completes.

That's called extreme programming.

Working with loosely typed languages let's you get more extreme.

Working on a big system without extreme programming means you're trying to implement UML diagrams and flow charts.

The only value strongly typed languages add is they don't let the developers make many mistakes.

Kind of like training wheels.