Is there a link to a "rising rebellion" against strict typing systems?

Question

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

There is a growing rebellion against bulky systems such as Java and C ++, pushing people for dynamically typed languages ​​such as Python and JavaScript.

Is there (non-anecdotal) evidence to actually support such a claim? I always found dynamic typing sloppy and tedious, but if I lose touch, I at least want to warn.

Answer 1

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

One reason may be that the scripts seem more flexible and better for rapid development (which I really doubt). This impression came when some developers launched attractive applications with an impressive development speed, while the “old OO family” often came up with complex, complex application architectures that showed depressing progress.

I think this should not be a scenario if time to market is a criterion (but sometimes it helps to get rid of old habits)

Answer 2

I agree with kai1968, it is rather a trend. Here is a good document made by IEEE that will give you a better understanding. Developers are switching to dynamic programming languages.