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<humour, programming> A humourous play on "strongly typed", coined by Mark Simpson, for an implementation that uses strings instead of more appropriate types, thus preventing compile-time type checking.

[Dodgy Coder (http://www.dodgycoder.net/2011/11/yoda-conditions-pokemon-exception.html)].

(2012-06-25)

Nearby terms: strided « string « String EXpression Interpreter « stringly typed » STring Oriented Interactive Compiler » String Oriented Symbolic Language » String PRocessING language

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