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Comment by shrugger

I understand, but your opinion doesn't change the facts. Scala.js is more than mature, with some huge projects already built in it. I'd not heard of erlangonxen, but it would take a lot of convincing to re-write something in Erlang to begin with, when I could write it quicker in Scala, and run on 2, eventually 3 different platforms.

Scala Native is not very far along compared to Scala.js, but it is actively being improved, and is considered an official extension. Additionally, Dotty will bring huge improvements for JVM scala.

I am not super happy with JVM most days, but I'd far and away prefer to be chained to JVM than BEAM. I mean, it's not even a question at this point, considering the billions of dollars spent developing JVM and the work of the brightest minds of several generations. Joe is a cool guy and all, but Erlang is objectively a niche platform compared to JVM.

parent shrugger 10 years ago

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