I don't think web vs non-web makes a difference for whether or not you should choose a type-safe language. IMO, you should err toward type safety whenever possi

I don't think web vs non-web makes a difference for whether or not you should choose a type-safe language. IMO, you should err toward type safety whenever possible. It's way nicer for your toolchain to catch errors before a user does. Even PHP is moving in that direction. If the PHP community can embrace type safety, I'm certain that you can :)