You're correct, setting "Option Strict" and "Option Explicit" in the project properties will make VB.NET strongly typed. However that is not the default setting and I've found very few VB.NET...

Using both "Option Explicit" and "Option Strict" together does prevent type shifting issues. Or using "Option Explicit" and "Dim As" on every declaration will eliminate type shifting issues.

However setting...

I am a senior .NET developer with 14 years programming experience. I've used 11 languages over the years, including C# and VB.NET. The biggest source of bugs (outside of a...