On Dec 9, 2007 11:39 AM, Dumaiu <Dymaio / gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 9, 12:19 pm, Todd Benson <caduce... / gmail.com> wrote: > > <snippy> > > > > > > > 2) Accidentally creating a new variable. > > > > This is a danger that will plague any language, IMO. > > To be fair, it has to be said that it is less of a problem in > languages that require variables to be declared or typed. Hmm. Maybe, but I kind of doubt it. var temp is no more or less succinct than anything else. It doesn't guarantee you "safeness". Safeness is what databases are for. Pre-declaration is sort of an empty promise in flow-control. > > <snip> > > > > > Todd > > -Jonathan Todd