>>(And by the way, your original statement was that design patterns were easier in VFP than in .NET)
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>You disagree?
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>With a loosely typed language I can work out three patterns at once and let the program settle on one as it completes.
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>That's called extreme programming.
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>Working with loosely typed languages let's you get more extreme.
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>Working on a big system without extreme programming means you're trying to implement UML diagrams and flow charts.
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>The only value strongly typed languages add is they don't let the developers make many mistakes.
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>Kind of like training wheels.

Or wheelchairs maybe ??
It kind of reminds me of watching those Olimpics for disabled persons;
It is amazing sometime what people with few vital organs/extremities missing (like data handling, macros, exescript etc) can achieve, but it is rarely fun to watch and/or (knock on wood / God forbid!) participate!
But then again 'protetics' are improving by the year, so who knows maybe by
year 2014 it will be real fun to go NET <vbg>

All right , All right, All Right! I am just kidding!! :))