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I don't have a strong opinion about dynamically typed vs statically typed but I have a very strong opinion about interpreted vs compiled.

I regret how neglected interpreted languages have become. I'm much more productive with interpreted languages than compiled (or worse; transpiled) languages. The iteration time is crucial for me. I don't want to wait even 30 seconds to test a change. After 20 seconds waiting for a compilation, my brain is already going into sleep mode. I can't have that.

For most application-building use cases, I will choose an interpreted dynamically typed language over a compiled statically typed one.

When it comes to low-level embedded use cases, or high-performance systems programming I will tolerate a compilation step but I won't pretend like it's not a negative.




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