In the wake of the demise of Chandler personal information management project, a discussion has occurred on TSS about the scalability potential of dynamic languages. Ted Neward attempted to go ...

If you haven't learned how to program in a dynamic language, what are you waiting for? A new report from Forrester Research Inc. confirms what most of us already know: "Dynamic programming languages ...

JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and other dynamic languages are remaking the Web and bringing programming to the masses. Where should developers place their bets?

With highly expressive syntax that is easy to read, write, and maintain, dynamic programming languages like Python and Ruby are extremely conducive to rapid development. Microsoft and Sun ...

Microsoft has unveiled a new Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) layer for the .NET development platform. Designed to simplify the process of bringing support for additional dynamic languages to .NET ...

Language lessons: Dynamic languages - PHP, Python, Ruby, and so on - are finding their place in enterprise software development, often spurred on by the need to get projects done quickly. But what ...

Many other dynamic languages are already borrowing some of the best concepts from Rails. The Java programmers, for instance, can turn to Grails, a simple framework built on top of Groovy and a JVM.

Leading the Pack Forrester Research found that the "P" languages -- Python, Perl and PHP -- are the leading dynamic programming languages, based on wider applicability, maturity and community size, ...