Naive question: Is VB.NET strongly-typed?

[Guest]

And, how does the presence of the Variant data type and the omission of
optional parameters (say, with COM automation) affect the answer?

Thanks for your guidance.

 

[Scott M.]

Is VB.NET strongly-typed?

Yes.

And, how does the presence of the Variant data type ...

There is no variant type in .NET.

....and the omission of optional parameters...

Optional parameters are still available but overloaded methods minimize
the need to use them

.... (say, with COM automation)...

COM servers are called as normal, with "Nothing" passed to parameters
you wish to omit value for

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the clarification Scott.