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Exactly! But Scala is out of fashion at hn these days

• rockwotj 4y ago
  Not that I've tried ReScript but it advertises fast builds, which the (sample size of one) large scala codebase I've worked on was really slow to compile.
  • curious145454 4y ago
    Yes, it pretty much depends on what and how you're trying to compile. Incremental complication helps a lot, as does keeping sbt shell open and not restarting sbt each time. In other news: now, there's scala-cli for smaller projects — https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org/docs/guides/scala-js https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org/docs/guides/scala-js
  • AzzieElbab 4y ago
    this is true. ReScript/OCaml compiler is super speedy. Scala/sbt builds can usually be optimised quite a bit few people know how or bother to