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You are mostly accurate wrt. the "financial" situation of Scala.js. Except that the Scala Center has an explicit Recommendation to "ensure the continuity of Sca
by sjrd 9y ago
You are mostly accurate wrt. the "financial" situation of Scala.js. Except that the Scala Center has an explicit Recommendation to "ensure the continuity of Scala.js" [1]. At least that means that, should I (the Ph.D. student doing Scala.js right now) stop working on it, the Scala Center has a mission to ensure someone keeps working on it. As with all Scala Center Recommendations, this is not a guarantee. But given the popularity of Scala.js within the Scala eco-system, I am confident that solutions will be found! Read more about the Scala Center and how it works at [2]
[1] https://github.com/scalacenter/advisoryboard/blob/master/minutes/001-2016-q2.md#proposal-scp-005-ensurance-of-continuity-of-scalajs-project https://github.com/scalacenter/advisoryboard/blob/master/min...
[2] https://scala.epfl.ch/ https://scala.epfl.ch/
- sraquo 9y agoThanks! You know, if it comes to that, Scala.js community is a passionate bunch, we could probably crowdfund it :)
- lomnakkus 9y ago> the Scala Center has a mission to ensure someone keeps working on it. Heh, I hope it's you! :) Seriously, scala.js has been amazing for us! Thank you for all that hard work! EDIT: Of course you might still be beaten out by scala.native -> WebAssembly -> Browser... nah, not really. :)
- virtualwhys 9y agoIt would be shocking if they hired anyone but the creator of Scala.js -- hopefully after you finish your doctorate this winter Lightbend and/or Scala Center will step up and make it happen.
- brianwawok 9y agoWhat if he wants to quit scala.js and go code trading bots to get filthy rich :)
- sjrd 9y agoUnlikely. I love compilers too much.
- atemerev 9y agoI work in a trading shop (not filthy rich yet, though). Do you know that Scala to FPGA compilers based on Chisel are all in vogue these days? ;)
- sjrd 9y agoAh ah!
- SomeStupidPoint 9y agoAre there any public Scala to FPGA compilers?
- rubenfiszel 9y agoWIP: https://github.com/stanford-ppl/spatial-lang https://github.com/stanford-ppl/spatial-lang
- lomnakkus 9y ago(Too late to edit my comment.) Were you at ScalaDays 2017 CPH? I don't think I saw you there, but you deserve a round of applause, you Magnificent Bastard, you!
- sjrd 9y agoThank you. No I wasn't there this year. I was furiously preparing this release :-p See you probably in London for Scala eXchange ;)