When you've really got your data structures and the rules for manipulating them pinned down, and you've built a good interface on top of it, the result is usually something that's so simple and easy to understand that it kind of doesn't matter anymore whether you're working in a static or dynamically typed language.
IOW, I think that the value in static typing (speaking only about this specific issue!) isn't that it makes you do things well; it's that it puts a limit on how poorly you can do them. But I also sometimes worry that it puts a limit on how well people can do, too. I've met way too many people who tacitly believe that all statically typed domain modeling is automatically good domain modeling.
IOW, I think that the value in static typing (speaking only about this specific issue!) isn't that it makes you do things well; it's that it puts a limit on how poorly you can do them. But I also sometimes worry that it puts a limit on how well people can do, too. I've met way too many people who tacitly believe that all statically typed domain modeling is automatically good domain modeling.