Comment by hellofunk

I strongly believe that for any language that compiles to JS to be successful, seamless integration with existing JS is absolutely required. This is the main selling point of Clojurescript which, while I enjoy Clojure a lot, is a dynamically typed language like JS itself, and I wish I could interact with JS in a stricter way. If Elm can improve on its interop, it has potential to be a strong force. But this is true of any new language. If you can't easily interop with the lowest common denominator language in the platform you build for, your language is too restricted for meaningful use. This is why Rust integrates well with C, because it has to, or it is irrelevant in many cases. This is why Clojure interops seamlessly with Java. Elm needs to get this point, or it will remain a niche hobby language avoided by professionals.