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by vardump 3837 days ago
TypeScript is very close to normal JavaScript. It's basically just JavaScript + type annotations which a compiler can check.

Compilation phase removes the annotations, after that point it is pure JavaScript.

How are Swift and Haskell relevant for client side web development?

Edit: Removed Elm
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cies 3837 days ago
Are you aware of GHCJS, Haskell-to-JS, compiler? In the new and rather popular "build/dependency manager"[1] for Haskell, named Stack, you can now quite easily install this compiler.

And I think it is only a matter of time till someone writes a Swift-to-JS compiler (Apple might already have it on it's radar).

[1]: I know it is not a "build/dependency manager", but I don't know how to call better in for sake of this discussion.

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the_gipsy 3837 days ago
Elm's only target is the browser/JS.
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vardump 3837 days ago
I stand corrected. Never heard of Elm before, but I assumed from context it's non-JavaScript targeting language like Swift and Haskell.
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