I am a C# refugee, so I feel I can respond with some authority. Yes, the enhanced auto-complete capability that static typing enables is a great feature (I sho

I am a C# refugee, so I feel I can respond with some authority. Yes, the enhanced auto-complete capability that static typing enables is a great feature (I should note that dynamic languages can offer completion too, just not as comprehensively). But it must be weighed against the tradeoffs. I believe many of these language features like static vs. dynamic typing are not "one is better than the other", but simply characteristics that make certain tradeoffs. A decent comparison of static vs. dynamic typing can be found here: http://batsov.com/articles/2011/05/08/jvm-langs-scala/ http://batsov.com/articles/2011/05/08/jvm-langs-scala/ (scroll down) For all C#'s strengths, you've got to also consider the negatives. For starters, you're dependent on Windows; for the development environment and the server. I don't know if you also do server administration, but let me tell you: running Windows servers is an exercise in pain. Second, in an age when many wonderful programming environments are available as open source, I question the wisdom of marrying yourself to something that is deeply proprietary. When you're first starting with .Net, you might not think about this. But years in, you may find that you are stuck in a system outside your control, dragging your code and livelihood along with it. As I did. C# has many strengths and I have great respect for its architect Anders Hejlsberg. That said, I am very much glad to be free of it!