>     >         mycode  mov al, data
>     > You'd get an error (because data it a "word", and al is only
byte.)
>
>     I thought you could just say BYTE in front of DATA to type cast it.
>
> Yes, you could cast it.  The casts could get rather complex.  that's
> what I meant by "strongly typed" - I had to keep type casting...

Lots of type casting is usually a symptom of a bad design.  You'll design
better software if you think of type casting as your friend - as long as
it can be selectively disabled for the relatively rare cases that is
needed.


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