I have been working in Java last few years and none of your points is relevant to it.

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>A simple puzzle: which other thing has these in common with strong typing?
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>- annoys most of the people but they suffer in silence because they were convinced this is the best way
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>- its proponents tout the importance of it, some make good money on it, and they do get to be important in their world
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>- it has the power to check what you brought, to the last detail
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>- it has the power to tell you what not to do and if you still do it, it makes it impossible to go further with what you intended to do
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>- still catches only amateurish mistakes.