Hi Martin,

>Oh, don't get confused. I'm not talking about you writing low-level language. I mean the intermediate language the compiler translate to before going machine code, and where most optimizations are made. If you don't have strong typing at high level, you can't making come to the lower ones.
>
static typing is at the root of most optimizations - no doubt. AFAIK in jscript this is one of the .Net "tricks" to gain speed.

But OTOH:

http://psyco.sourceforge.net/introduction.html

Not a miracle cure, but reported to be a sizable speed up for certain tasks.

regards

thomas