It's not compiled languages, it's languages that are too verbose and too complex that are the problem. If you want to use a compiled language that doesn't suck,

It's not compiled languages, it's languages that are too verbose and too complex that are the problem. If you want to use a compiled language that doesn't suck, try Common Lisp or Haskell. I don't understand how he made the jump from "Rob Pike doesn't like C++/Java" to "We should write everything in Ruby and Javascript!111".