Actually my complaint is that "it's supposed to catch all kinds of potential errors", but first all, those "potential errors" don't seem to happen much in reality; second it often seems I'm helping the compiler, rather than the other way arounrd. For example: 
  List list = getList(); // from somewhere, say a list of Person
  Iterator it = list.iterator();
  while(it.hasNext()){
     // the following line makes perfect sense to me,
     // but it causes a compiler error, I'm supposed to write:
     //     Person p = (Person)it.next();
     // my question: Is the compiler helping me or I'm helping the com
+piler?
     Person p = it.next();


     // now call some method on p.

   }

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Furthermore, as others have pointed out, the fact that I can cast anyway I want to get by the compiler means the compiler won't really catch serious bugs. It's like the compiler is saying: if you claim you really know what you're doing, I'll let you; but if you don't, I'll try to help by asking you to type a little more.

In reply to Re^2: Static typing is mostly a waste of time by johnnywang
in thread Static typing is mostly a waste of time by johnnywang

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