I don't think I agree with that. Java isn't static. Python isn't static. C# isn't static. These are some of the heavy hitters in terms of total number of us

I don't think I agree with that. Java isn't static. Python isn't static. C# isn't static. These are some of the heavy hitters in terms of total number of users. Stability is valuable, but popular languages still manage to add features to keep up with changing needs. Even C isn't %100 static.