:) Another kind of typing system is a mixture of dynamic and static typing named: gradual typing (PHP/Hack, JS, ActionScript, etc.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

:) Another kind of typing system is a mixture of dynamic and static typing named: gradual typing (PHP/Hack, JS, ActionScript, etc.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradual_typing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradual_typing There is also the difference between strong and weak typing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing It's certainly possible that there was a time when virtual machine based language implementations where overrated.