> I think a problem is that complex apps are made with scripting languages. This nasty practice seems to have finally become widespread habit in earnest with Pe

> I think a problem is that complex apps are made with scripting languages. This nasty practice seems to have finally become widespread habit in earnest with Perl in the hey-days of CGI httpd, and then of course came along Python and JavaScript and here we are! Exactly, though the dynamic languages like Python did reveal some serious shortcomings with the "older" languages like C++ and Java. Which is why I'm so happy using TypeScript. It gives you the ability to layer static types on a language that still offers the flexibility and concise code that are unavailable in C++ and Java.