Java

One: "So we've got this strongly and statically typed, compiled language here. We call it 'Java'."

Two: "Sounds neat! How do I configure components in it?"

One: "We prefer that you do all of your configuration via deeply nested, fragile XML that is not validated in any way."

Two: "Why don't we just configure the components in ... code?"

One: "Because then you can't change the configuration after compile time."

Two: "We need to dynamically change which factory class creates the database pool?"

One: "JUST GO TYPE! MANAGEMENT LIKES TO HEAR LOTS OF TYPING!"

Two: ...