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    2 months ago

    I dunno what this is … But I like that I see Erlang

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      1 month ago

      The demo is a dialect of Clojure that compiles to Js called Squint. I find it really depressing that this type of workflow has existed since the 70s, but never made it to the mainstream.

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        1 month ago

        Oh shit if I knew of it I would have cared about JS a little more lol.

        We need more lispy shit!

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          We really do, I find Js is useful cause it’s so ubiquitous, but the language itself is really awful. Being able to write your code in Lisp and crap out Js is really appealing.

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            1 month ago

            There’s been so many attempts to wrangle some sense into it. Elm is one that comes to mind. But they are all too niche to make that impact.

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              Yeah, none of these languages have gone mainstream unfortunately. That said, I’ve been lucky enough to be able to use ClojureScript for all my front end dev, and haven’t had to touch Js in years.

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                1 month ago

                Damn!! That’s awesome! I haven’t touched a lot of front end cause of JS

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                  I really don’t understand how people work with Js. What blows my mind is that people choose to use it on the server voluntarily when there are so many better options available.

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                    People could stand to spend an extra 5 mins to learn about the different tools at their disposal