There are lots of studies on the subject, none of them show anything even remotely conclusive. Here are a few examples: https://courses.cs.washington.edu/cours

There are lots of studies on the subject, none of them show anything even remotely conclusive. Here are a few examples: https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse590n/10au/hanenberg-oopsla2010.pdf https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse590n/10au/hanen... http://macbeth.cs.ucdavis.edu/lang_study.pdf http://macbeth.cs.ucdavis.edu/lang_study.pdf http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/10668/1/tratt__dynamically_typed_languages.pdf http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/10668/1/tratt__dynamically_...