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I mean the last commit for Elm core was in 2021. Changes require sign off that doesn’t seem likely from who is currently maintaining it. Why not fork it if you

I mean the last commit for Elm core was in 2021. Changes require sign off that doesn’t seem likely from who is currently maintaining it. Why not fork it if you are interested in evolving ELM?

vbezhenar 3y ago
So elm is abandoned or there's more to this story?
- lolinder 3y ago
  You'll see people arguing that it's not, but I'll let you be the judge. https://elm-lang.org/news https://elm-lang.org/news https://github.com/elm/compiler/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/compiler/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/core/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/core/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/compiler/commits/master https://github.com/elm/compiler/commits/master https://github.com/elm/core/commits/master https://github.com/elm/core/commits/master
  - G4BB3R 3y ago
    Also: https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend https://elm.studio https://elm.studio https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming-languages.html https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming...
- m8s 3y ago
  There's more to the story in that Elm is a stable, high-quality frontend language that works as well as its creator wants it to for now. There are a lot of happy Elm users over on the Elm Slack, and it's being used in production at various companies. There's also [Elm on the Backend](https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend), a recent talk given by the creator of Elm, about his experiments in using Elm as a full-stack language. There are some notes and a few photos, but no video as far as I'm aware. I'm not involved in the Elm community nor do I write it for a living though, so I'm only kind of aware of what's going on over in the Elm world.
  - Cupprum 3y ago
    I saw the Elm on the Backend presentation. Evan would like ELM to be a full stack language. If it will work properly, you will not have to manage the message passing (JSON, XML). Seems like very interesting topic. Evan looked really psyched about.
  - brabel 3y ago
    From elm.studio: "We are bringing the simplicity and friendliness of Elm to hosting. No configuration. Just press publish." And from the About Page on elm.studio: "The ultimate goal is to produce a fun and simple programming language, with the kind support and camaraderie of people who like what we do and how we do it." Very little information about what is the next step in Elm's life, or even whether they've actually left it... I guess the upcoming talk on StrangeLoop[1] may clear things up... his description on that talk hints at what he's up to: "He lives in Denmark, working alongside his wife at elm.studio to keep Elm independent and interesting." Elm may still be alive, just not publically for now. EDIT: just found this while looking for more information: https://iselmdead.info/ https://iselmdead.info/ :D [1] https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming-languages.html https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming...
    - oxnrtr 3y ago
      > Why is it a good thing that Elm doesn’t get frequent updates? First of all, it means your code will last a long time! It also means the language is very stable, because features are carefully thought out before being implemented. What an absolute clown car.
      - tasuki 3y ago
        Actually I think that's a reasonable stance. Not everyone wants to use the newest and greatest JavaScript framework which is will be completely reworked in six months because there's a need for a newer and greatester version. The speed of evolution of JavaScript frameworks is amazing, yet they're all still worse thought out than Elm.
      - 3y ago
- vosper 3y ago
  It’s abandoned
ecshafer 3y ago
huh interesting. I played with elm a while back, and thought it was cool. I haven't kept up in its development though. Sad it got abandoned.
canadianfella 3y ago
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I mean the last commit for Elm core was in 2021. Changes require sign off that doesn’t seem likely from who is currently maintaining it. Why not fork it if you are interested in evolving ELM?

vbezhenar 3y ago

So elm is abandoned or there's more to this story?

lolinder 3y ago
You'll see people arguing that it's not, but I'll let you be the judge. https://elm-lang.org/news https://elm-lang.org/news https://github.com/elm/compiler/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/compiler/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/core/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/core/pulse/monthly https://github.com/elm/compiler/commits/master https://github.com/elm/compiler/commits/master https://github.com/elm/core/commits/master https://github.com/elm/core/commits/master
- G4BB3R 3y ago
  Also: https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend https://elm.studio https://elm.studio https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming-languages.html https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming...
m8s 3y ago
There's more to the story in that Elm is a stable, high-quality frontend language that works as well as its creator wants it to for now. There are a lot of happy Elm users over on the Elm Slack, and it's being used in production at various companies. There's also [Elm on the Backend](https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend https://gotoaarhus.com/2023/sessions/2529/elm-on-the-backend), a recent talk given by the creator of Elm, about his experiments in using Elm as a full-stack language. There are some notes and a few photos, but no video as far as I'm aware. I'm not involved in the Elm community nor do I write it for a living though, so I'm only kind of aware of what's going on over in the Elm world.
- Cupprum 3y ago
  I saw the Elm on the Backend presentation. Evan would like ELM to be a full stack language. If it will work properly, you will not have to manage the message passing (JSON, XML). Seems like very interesting topic. Evan looked really psyched about.
- brabel 3y ago
  From elm.studio: "We are bringing the simplicity and friendliness of Elm to hosting. No configuration. Just press publish." And from the About Page on elm.studio: "The ultimate goal is to produce a fun and simple programming language, with the kind support and camaraderie of people who like what we do and how we do it." Very little information about what is the next step in Elm's life, or even whether they've actually left it... I guess the upcoming talk on StrangeLoop[1] may clear things up... his description on that talk hints at what he's up to: "He lives in Denmark, working alongside his wife at elm.studio to keep Elm independent and interesting." Elm may still be alive, just not publically for now. EDIT: just found this while looking for more information: https://iselmdead.info/ https://iselmdead.info/ :D [1] https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming-languages.html https://thestrangeloop.com/2023/the-economics-of-programming...
  - oxnrtr 3y ago
    > Why is it a good thing that Elm doesn’t get frequent updates? First of all, it means your code will last a long time! It also means the language is very stable, because features are carefully thought out before being implemented. What an absolute clown car.
    - tasuki 3y ago
      Actually I think that's a reasonable stance. Not everyone wants to use the newest and greatest JavaScript framework which is will be completely reworked in six months because there's a need for a newer and greatester version. The speed of evolution of JavaScript frameworks is amazing, yet they're all still worse thought out than Elm.
    - 3y ago
vosper 3y ago
It’s abandoned

ecshafer 3y ago

huh interesting. I played with elm a while back, and thought it was cool. I haven't kept up in its development though. Sad it got abandoned.

canadianfella 3y ago

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