Yes, and I'm sure there are Unix admins that love statically typed languages. They were examples, and not absolutes.
Well, to be fair, you did use the word "always" which makes things sound... absolute.
> always be popular with users that are highly technical, but not necessarily from a comp-sci background
I edited the phrasing to make it more clear though. Apologies for anything that sounded overly authoritative. Just my opinion.