[Vampyr]

I wouldn't talk down so much to "scripting" languages. :P

From my experience I actually find compiled languages like Java (I know it's semi-interpreted) or C/C++ to be easier to understand conceptually. You have your objects and their functions and their access levels. Java is even easier since it only supports single inheritance. All the data types of your variables are known up front. I think they get a rep for being harder because they are so verbose and have a lot of boiler plate code to get things working.

Interpreted and dynamic languages like Python and Ruby require a lot more mental capacity on the part of the developer. You have to keep track of what types your variables are/could be, and since everything is interpreted and dynamic you can do crazy stuff like adding methods to classes at run time.

There are some top tier apps written in interpreted languages.