> I would love legislation that mandated static typing for large/public companies (or any companies that took federal funding, etc) You want the government to

> I would love legislation that mandated static typing for large/public companies (or any companies that took federal funding, etc) You want the government to start dictating what language developers can choose? And before you say "just static typing" the fact of the matter is that there can be different interpretations of "static typing" what if I use a library that forces static typing in a non statically typed language? What about when they extend this to other features of programming languages. I guarentee you that the Sun and MS execs would've been jizzing their paints at the thought of forcing everyone to use OOP Languages, because "They are secure and supported." Technical excellence should win out in the end not government fiat, that's one of the worst things that could happen.