I belong to the static typing camp... REST, static/dynamic typing... all decisions like this are a cost trade-off. There aren't really two 'camps', there are

I belong to the static typing camp... REST, static/dynamic typing... all decisions like this are a cost trade-off. There aren't really two 'camps', there are just comfortable positions on a scale, places where people are acclimatised to the trade-offs by their experience.