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How come more people don't use ReasonML in place of this? It runs as OCaml on the server, it is a typed language, it's faster than v8 JavaScript. Or F#? Not a f
by inbx0 5y ago
How come more people don't use ReasonML in place of this? It runs as OCaml on the server, it is a typed language, it's faster than v8 JavaScript. Or F#? Not a fan of the functional? Then maybe Kotlin? Nim? No?
There are a ton of great languages out there, many arguably better than TS in many ways. But for a language to be popular, being great is not enough.
I'm not sure what it is that makes TS so popular, but I am pretty sure that you have to look past mere language qualities for it.
- syspec 5y agoWell in this case, the Dart VM and V8 are a made by the same people. That's why I asked.