[hackinthebochs]

>with lots of extra keyboard-typing to create a simple program.

When people say this as a knock against a language I can't help but wonder how they got so far in their careers using only two fingers.

Now, if you want to say that verbosity obscures intent and expressivity, then that's a fine argument to make (you'll have an steep hill to climb to show that types are an instance of this however). But if your development is bottlenecked by your typing speed, there's something seriously wrong.

[hughw]

It's both. I'm a poor typist, and more importantly, the terser the better. The less screen noise you have to filter, the clearer the picture becomes. I also put high value on DRY.