I agree with you. I've worked at several startups and they start with 'productive' languages like python, ruby, and PHP. These are great for getting something u

I agree with you. I've worked at several startups and they start with 'productive' languages like python, ruby, and PHP. These are great for getting something up and running easily. Everything looks great at the beginning. They have features, customers and a growing codebase full of technical debt. Debt that I think would be greatly reduced if the code was compiled. Maybe it is the price you need to pay to be successful but I doubt it.