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John Kazer

ClojureScript!

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leob

Right, and Clojure ... :-)

But if you say ClojureScript then I'd also mention ReasonML - both are FP oriented languages targeting the frontend (client) ... a few years ago ReasonML looked to be the "next big thing" but it sort of seems to have fizzled out, I'm not hearing much about it anymore (but maybe that doesn't say much).

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John Kazer • Edited

That was pretty much my view of ReasonML as well - I saw lots of writing about it around 2018 then not much...

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leob • Edited

Read this:

reddit.com/r/elm/comments/99bzf8/e...

My conclusion is that ReasonML is going nowhere, and that it's not a good or worthwhile investment to learn - even just for hobby purposes (let alone for professional purposes or for the job market, there isn't any).

No, that looks disappointing, if you want to try out something "new" and different from JS for frontend scripting then probably something like Elm or ClojureScript would be a better choice (or Rust with WebAssembly ;-)