Hence the ascendance of dynamic languages! The compressed feedback loops keep yo...

		dpritchett on Jan 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text a... Hence the ascendance of dynamic languages! The compressed feedback loops keep you munching those power pellets: Action RPGs (Ruby, PHP, Javascript, Python, anything with a REPL) vs. PBEM chess (C, Java, C++, your favorite statically typed & compiled language). Different genres with widely divergent playstyles and reward structures.

I think it's not so much a difference between "dynamic" and "static" as it is between higher and lower levels of abstraction.