I'm actually in full agreement that there are many ways to accomplish interop, with a variety of tradeoffs. It is precisely for that reason that I disagree that

I'm actually in full agreement that there are many ways to accomplish interop, with a variety of tradeoffs. It is precisely for that reason that I disagree that the statement 'One thing to understand is Evan wants Elm to be a language and not bound to JavaScript.' is a good explanation (or a 'sound motivation') for the current design decision. Thank you for expanding on the goals of the current design. People less familiar with Elm, such as myself, have learned something about Elm's capabilities and strategies for dealing with interop.