So the same goes for required typing of variables by suffix or DIM
Over the years I find that the ThisIsText
$ suffix is really helpful for the readability of code. The C/C++ gang find it unprofessional, and produce lots of buggy code, he he
Dim is OK for arrays, but I find it annoying to dim a simple integer. OTOH it can help to avoid bugs that creep in with typos, like confusing MyVar with My_Var etc.; the old defunct GfaBasic had an excellent solution for this problem: If you typed MyVar=123, it asked if you wanted to create that variable. Sure, I want that. And if some pages further down you typed My_Var=456, it asked you again ... oops! Almost foolproof, and no Dim required.