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:Maybe. I'm still not sure what exactly this article wants to classify as a dynamic language. [[pike programming language|Pike]] is a statically typed, high level, object oriented, interpreted language. Is it a dynamic language? I can't tell from this article. Its similar to a statically typed python with C-style syntax though. [[User:Generic Player|Generic Player]] 04:09, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Another example could be Typed Scheme, http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/samth/typed-scheme/ , statically typed Scheme. Exact position of Scheme on the static-dynamic spectrum could be argued but it is usually lumped in the dynamic camp. [[User:TokenLander|TokenLander]] ([[User talk:TokenLander|talk]]) 18:12, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
This article is a complete mess, and badly in need of a rewrite. The language is informal and non-standard, and there are no sources to any of the potentially controversial (or at least non-obvious) assertions made. Plus, at least half of the content (the bit about functions and addresses) is simply incorrect. The way "dynamic" languages are described as using indirection rather than running code at a predefined memory address really is completely unimportant as a distinction -- it is possible to modify the contents of a memory address (or use it to point elsewhere) while code is running to change the behavior, and this can be done even in C. In fact, it is done in C quite often in some types of programming, such as emulators, for example.
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