The optimisation of dynamic language runtimes has emerged as a critical research area in computer science, addressing the inherent challenges posed by languages whose types are resolved at runtime.

The recent “failure” of the Chandler PIM project generated the question, “Can Dynamic Languages Scale?” on TheServerSide, and, as is all too typical these days, it turned into a “You suck”/”No you ...

At Mix '07, Microsoft promised it would add dynamic-language support to Silverlight. As of this year's Mix '08 conference, it has done so. The way Microsoft is delivering support for Ruby, Python and ...

In this post, I briefly reference two interesting posts that fall into the camp of The Rise and Fall of Dynamic Languages. The first referenced post focuses on dynamic languages on the JVM and the ...

However, like any other tool, dynamic languages are not necessarily interchangeable. Each has its place in a programmer’s toolkit. We asked a group of luminaries in the scripting world for their ...

Java faces encroachment from dynamic languages such as Ruby in the Web application tier, but Java can be improved, and Java virtual machine functionality can be extended to dynamic languages, said ...

Hey FF22, compare the amount of code required in your favorite dynamic language to F# or C# you'd be surprised how much code you can cut down if you use Linq, generics and anonymous functions. Also, ...

Every answer after the first one is useless because the question itself is fundamentally incorrect, as noted in the first answer. I have worked on a few government projects and the feel I got was much ...

Microsoft is busy factoring in the growing use of dynamic languages in its planned upgrade to the Visual Studio software development platform. The upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release boosts ...