Thanks for the reply!

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.