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okay. is there a sufficiently expressive web language? or should we compile to JS?
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But it's malleable and within our ability to change, and built upon sound principles. It carries much more promise.
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I don't really want a completely different programming model. I just want tools that work.
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Is it completely different, though? It's very similar to the ideas you've been wanting to implement recently.
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Yes, it really is. I don't want to make things in pure land. I want to use a language that moves deftly between both.
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in particular it is ridiculously easy to underestimate the risk of any particular application of state.
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… and lack of types. Types are not just for safety, but communicating intentions and usage.
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Everything I've heard about Scala makes it sound like a ridiculous mountain of complexity.
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right! But you should experience it for your self! It's like learning Agda or Coq.
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