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by Nekorosu 3247 days ago
Thanks for clarifications. I actually pay some attention to Elm evolution and check the official blog from time to time. I was much more interested in Elm several years ago and I even tried to get a job at Prezi (Evan Czaplicki was still working there at that time). In the end I like ClojureScript more. It has a good balance of agility and guarantees. It's more generic. REPL enables exploratory programming and live coding. Btw ClojureScript developers I know do use REPL.

I probably wasn't clear enough but I don't think Elm is easier to learn. It's quite the opposite. The good thing about Elm is great default libraries for SPA development (or isolated widgets) and great toolchain. You just use what's given and it works perfectly fine. In the end getting productive fast is easier with Elm than with ClojureScript. And it's easy to do all by yourself. Everything is pretty strict and official site has a lot of up to date tutorials. I also like that Evan values simplicity and Elm gets better and better in this regard.

Every language has its place. ClojureScript is my personal preference. It's just a good fit for things I like doing.