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Are dynamic languages at disadvantage for agile development?

From what I’ve read agile development often involves refactoring or reverse engineering code into diagrams. Of course there is much more than that, but if we consider the practices that rely on these two methods, are dynamically typed languages at disadvantage?

What functionality does dynamic typing allow? [closed]

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Is changing the type of a variable partway through a procedure in a dynamically typed language bad style?

In Python (and occasionally PHP) where variables do not have fixed types, I’ll frequently perform ‘type transformations’ on a variable part-way through my code’s logic. I’m not (necessarily) talking about simple casts, but about functions that change the type of a variable while leaving it basically representing the same value or data.

Why build data models in a dynamic language?

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In Java, would you sacrifice type safety for a nicer programming interface

When and why would you generally sacrifice typesafety for a nicer programming interface?

Is it useful to use encapsulation in dynamic typed, interpreted programming language?