I don't see how this is related to statically typed vs dynamically typed. This is more a case of Primitive Obsession http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrimitiveObsession and a lack of a adapter/serialization layer.

I meant, typed vs not-typed. Someone mentioned Clojure, and for me thats the whole point: on one hand, and for a whole category of problems the best abstraction is not to have a strong schema, given the variable parts. On the other hand however there are scenarios where you already know the structure sufficiently well. A matter of abstraction IMO