Thanks for the link. I've read a lot of research papers along these lines. The results vary a lot.
Re:Revenge of the Types
by AnimalMuppet on Monday August 25, 2014 @01:31PM
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The problem was in the phrase "other things being equal". Other things are never equal. Studies try to make them as equal as they can, and wind up differing as to which things are more important to get equal, and wind up with different results.
There have been attempts at measuring the effect of type systems, see for example this excellent presentation for some references: http://www.slideshare.net/Felienne/putting-the-science-in-co.... One of the studies mentioned here does claim that, other things being equal, static typing helps find bugs quicker.