Depending on the definition of "statically typed" to which you subscribe, the answer is "yes", "no" or "yes and no". "Is X statically typed?" is never the right question.

I wish I could find the document I once encountered. It had at least 10 different definitions for "statically typed language".

( See Re^11: Interesting read: "Why I use perl and still hate dynamic language weenies too" )