The tool can help reduce errors, at least syntax type errors. I can't count how many bugs I got in my applications because a variable was mispelled. The chance of this occuring in a strongly-typed tool is much reduced. To protect my applications for this kind of errors in VFP force me to do a much more extensive coverage test, which is very time-consuming.

Catching these errors at compile time (or even in typing mode) is far less expensive in development time than finding them at test or, worst of all, at production time.

>Woodie, this may shock a few people, but I'm a bit skeptical. I didn't place much stock in Michael Hogan's statement - and to be honest, I don't place much stock in the last part of your statement. The tools, in this case, have little to do with how error-free it's going to be.