I'm sad that things didn't get all the way there, because it sounds like it could have been an interesting world to be in. Delphi/Lazarus/QtCreator are still s

I'm sad that things didn't get all the way there, because it sounds like it could have been an interesting world to be in. Delphi/Lazarus/QtCreator are still some of the best RAD platforms for desktop apps and the idea of being able to easily add abstracted cross platform components that would work with the native frameworks of the platform you're working on was great. And REPLs really help with development in every capacity that i can think of, be it Python's, Ruby's or now even Java's REPL - heck, even platforms like Repl.it and Jupyter have gotten more popular and I'm all for it. While web being just documents would be a bit boring, i also feel that it'd be way better for the energy consumption and often the performance and user experience as well. Not every site needs to be a SPA, if you just want to display some content and allow simple interaction. And personally, memory safety is the way to go for most things! Not having it be at compile time and with zero cost is probably what's keeping us back from adding it to the OS level.