Seems we are losing sight of the difference between 'interpreted' and 'compiled'. Personally, I prefer 'compiled'. My language of preference is C and has been

Seems we are losing sight of the difference between 'interpreted' and 'compiled'. Personally, I prefer 'compiled'. My language of preference is C and has been for many years. I have tried looking at various 'fashionable' languages over the years (including Perl, Python, javascript, even Java itself) but I always gravitate back to C as the my best fit between speed of development and speed of execution. The interpreted languages (like Python) can be fast to develop but, even there, they can get long-winded and convoluted to write because they don't require the programmer to be as rigorous regarding data types as she should.