[Gxorgxo]

They way I see it we're already fractured. We have tons of frameworks, libraries, and tools. And they are not easily interoperable. I know React but how good is that if I need to start working with Ember?

Backend developers already have many languages to choose from, and the communities are doing fine.

My only worry will be in the very beginning when dozens of new languages will compete with each other. In the long run, I think a fistful will survive.

[open_dave]

We are fractured with frameworks, etc., but the underlying language (JS) and patterns are interoperable.

Its true that backend has had this since the dawn of time, but _not_ having that on the frontend allowed it flourish. I agree though that after a certain amount of time, only a few languages will live on.

[Gxorgxo]

I don't want to be the millionth guy that mocks JS. I appreciate it because it brought us here. And it certainly helped to have only three languages (HTML, CSS, JS) in the early days but nowadays there are transpilers for each of them. The things we use the web for are simply so disparate that can't be covered by one single set of technologies

[Vendan]

that's about like saying "the underlying language (assembly) and patterns are interoperable" on desktop, and note: the "backend" has been flourishing for quite some time, and since before javascript was such a big deal.