http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/05/21/strict-mode.aspxWhen we designed PowerShell we decided that we wanted to have Shell syntax and semantics because this is what was missing from the market and because it supports the ad hoc development practice that is so suited to the needs of administrators. We alsoen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/05/21/strict-mode.aspx#8528705Wed, 21 May 2008 19:49:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8528705 WPF From PowerShell - Select-Grid<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://HuddledMasses.org/wpf-from-powershell-select-grid/">http://HuddledMasses.org/wpf-from-powershell-select-grid/</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/05/21/strict-mode.aspx#8532468Thu, 22 May 2008 20:02:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8532468Keith Hill<p>I really like the increased functionality however I'm curious why you didn't go with something like #require strict -v 2. &nbsp;Was it primarily to support the global/shell scope i.e. interactive usage?</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/05/21/strict-mode.aspx#8532548Thu, 22 May 2008 20:13:46 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8532548Jared Parsons<p>This is a really exciting feature. &nbsp;I think the relaxed semantics of PowerShell are very powerful for most scripting. &nbsp;But for my larger script sets/programs I need a bit more checking and this will help out tremendously. &nbsp;</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/05/21/strict-mode.aspx#8570346Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:44:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8570346bsdz<p>A great addition. Very similar to Perl's &quot;use strict&quot;. I feel that you guys are certainly picking the better elements of many different languages.</p>