From the conclusion in that paper: "The data indicates functional languages are better than procedural languages; it suggests that strong typing is better than

From the conclusion in that paper: "The data indicates functional languages are better than procedural languages; it suggests that strong typing is better than weak typing; that static typing is better than dynamic; and that managed memory usage is better than unmanaged. Further, that the defect proneness of languages in general is not associated with software domains. Also, languages are more related to individual bug categories than bugs overall."