This discussion is missing two key things: Go and Dart. They both combine the best of static and dynamic languages. There is no need to choose, you can have th

This discussion is missing two key things: Go and Dart. They both combine the best of static and dynamic languages. There is no need to choose, you can have the best of both worlds, without the disadvantages. I'm using Go right now, it is amazing, blowing both Python and C# out of the water, with speed of development, robustness and maintainability.