[rrcaptain]

If you expect to need the performance of a statically typed, compiled language I don't see why you'd prototype in a dynamically typed, interpreted language.

[pas]

That's why build systems still look like black magic infused with even darker sh, and a bit of perl sprinkled all over, presumably because the previous maintainers were all out of goat blood.

[mixmastamyk]

Most layers of a large project that need to be designed and figured out care nothing of those concerns.