I agree with your points about weak typing and coercion being prevalent. Having had direct negative experience with it across 3 of the 4 languages you named, I was prepared to marshal an argument about it most definitely being a source of bugs.
> it should be obvious that this is a historical treatise
It wasn’t obvious to me. Might I suggest amending it to make that more clear?
I do appreciate the tutorial and your commentary though, it gave me a new perspective on MUMPS.
I agree with your points about weak typing and coercion being prevalent. Having had direct negative experience with it across 3 of the 4 languages you named, I was prepared to marshal an argument about it most definitely being a source of bugs.
> it should be obvious that this is a historical treatise
It wasn’t obvious to me. Might I suggest amending it to make that more clear?
I do appreciate the tutorial and your commentary though, it gave me a new perspective on MUMPS.