Why are many of the biggest web frameworks in dynamically typed langs?

Re:Why are many of the biggest web frameworks in dynamically... by stefanos82 on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @08:01PM (#36220855)

The only thing that I can think of about dynamic languages is fast-paced development and productivity; in other words, deliver an MVP within hours, if you are an experienced user of <X> framework of your choice.

With a static typed programming language, there's always a cost of compilation time and expected problems with linking libraries.

I cannot tell you how many times I have started a project with a specific cause to solve a particular problem, only to find myself trapped in a massive trap of unknown, cryptic error messages in C++ madness that I had to decipher...until I have realized I have completely forgot what I was even doing!

Now with a dynamic language, I solve all my problems in no time, I deliver a prototype quite fast, and whenever speed is necessary, I can always fix it in multiple ways, for instance what Python currently offers me; in other words, I optimize my performance only when it becomes a bottleneck.

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Re:Why are many of the biggest web frameworks in dynamically... by pxcse on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:30AM (#36224719)

> With a static typed programming language, there's always a cost of compilation time and expected problems with linking libraries.

I have developed tons of applications in both Java and Ruby.

There was never a time when I thought "damn, all those hours I'm wasting due to compilation". Never. With a good IDE compilation happens completely transparent in the background during the development process.

If you really have substantial overhead from compilation another language will not solve your underlying issues.

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