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I think it is not necessarily about being compiled versus interpreted. It is more about static typing, and the type-related issues being revealed and fixed righ

I think it is not necessarily about being compiled versus interpreted. It is more about static typing, and the type-related issues being revealed and fixed right at the beginning instead of only when the user invokes the problematic branch of code at runtime.

jhgb 5y ago
On the other hand, one of most long-lived and apparently low maintenance pieces of software I've ever used so far has been GNU Maxima, which is not written in a statically typed language.