It's because Reason and Bucklescript were two separate projects with two separate goals. The goals of Reason was to be multi-platform, which was causing lots of

It's because Reason and Bucklescript were two separate projects with two separate goals. The goals of Reason was to be multi-platform, which was causing lots of technical challenges for rescript, which didn't care about that need but were doing most of the work. So the two needed to split up, and no-one had ever heard of bucklescript. Then the messaging on the name change was unclear, and the fact that Reason still exists (walking dead, but the name is still out there) made it all very unclear to everyone what was happening, and I think that caused a massive amount of damage to the momentum. But then again, it's a great language that's moving quickly, so I expect it will continue to grow. Certainly my company is built on it.