Is there a citation available for 'a growing rebellion' against strict typing systems? [closed]

Question

The FAQ for the new Go language explicitly makes this claim:

There is a growing rebellion against cumbersome type systems like those of Java and C++, pushing people towards dynamically typed languages such as Python and JavaScript.

Is there (non-anecdotal) data to actually support such a claim? I've always found dynamic typing sloppy and tiresome, but if I'm losing touch I at least want some warning.

Catfish

The question itself doesn't actually relate specifically to Go. I'm curious about an assertion made in a FAQ and whether it has any actual basis in reality. – Catfish

Yeah, but it's so argumentative it hurts. This is a discussion, not a question. – Yves

I've switched it to a community wiki. And accusing people of rep whoring is kind of weak since there's naturally going to be a flood of discussion when a new language is announced by a company like Google. – Catfish

I'd say that the statement itself is argumentative, but this question is asking for what amounts to a citation. As such, I'd say this is a pretty objective question. – Sharpen

Good edit, Jed. I think the question is quite legitimate now, but it already has 4 close votes, so it's likely to be closed. – Monotype

Thanks Jed / Kaizer, much better question format than I originally came up with and still gets the same point across – Catfish

This is frustrating: we need the ability to vote against closing before a question is actually closed. meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125/… – Forkey

I think 'sloppy' is a better description than 'dynamic'. People seem to love it but I think Python is like a cancer that is overstepping its intended use. – Maiga

Answer 1

I'd call it a trend, not a rebellion, but I see the same in our company moving from C (25 years ago) over C++(20 years) and java (12 years) to javascript and python (2 years).

One of the reasons could be, that scripting seems to be more agile and better for rapid development (which I actually doubt). That impression came along when some developers started nice applications in impressive development speed, while the 'old OO-family' often came up with (over-)complicated application architectures which showed a depressing progress.

I think it doesn't has to be scripted if time to market is a criterion (but sometimes it helps to get rid of old habits)

Kalamazoo

Answer 2

I agree with kai1968, it is more of a trend. Here is a good paper done by IEEE that will give you a better understanding Developers Shift to Dynamic Programming Languages

Eversion

Link only answer wit broken link - could be deleted. – Fortuitous