Cannot create apply function with static language?

Question

I have read that with a statically typed language like Scala or Haskell there is no way to create or provide a Lisp apply function:

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Answer 1

For Haskell, to do it dynamically, see Data.Dynamic, and dynApp in particular: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.12.1/html/libraries/base/Data-Dynamic.html