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> Purescript, elm, clojurescript, kotlin, bucklescript, and the list goes on. There is a to-js transpiler for every popular language. Why aren't they seeing mor
by BiteCode_dev 6y ago
> Purescript, elm, clojurescript, kotlin, bucklescript, and the list goes on. There is a to-js transpiler for every popular language. Why aren't they seeing more usage?
Because a layer of indirection is a heavy price to pay.
If I could code in Python with zero cost in the browser, I would. Hell, I would code in Lua, Lisp or Ruby if that was the alternative.