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> you care about the hard $$$ cost of development and maintainence per unit of webapp functionality delivered, then Elm makes a heck of a lot more sense than JS+etc. It doesn't, sorry. JS resources, developers and libraries are atleast x1000 more than Elm. business is about supply and demand, more supply == cheaper cost. That's business 101. That's why there are hardly any Elm jobs advertised if compared to JS. You keep talking about how Elm makes better business sense, but the reality of it is completely different. Maybe all those employees are just making the wrong business decision, right? Wishful fanboy thinking. You are even in denial about liking Elm, which is pretty obvious to anyone reading your comments about it. > Nah. That's because it's the only language in the browser and people would rather use something else. Something else like dart, flash, VB, Java... oh wait! They've all been used in the browser before, none passed the test of time. And Elms approach (transpiling to JS, CSS, HTML) is not unique either, e.g. TypeScript and its not exactly shinning against competition in its league either. Once it beats competition there, then maybe it can start taking aim at JS, CSS and HTML. > You're begging the question I think, my whole puzzlement is that the business value seems very clear yet Elm hasn't taken off. It seems very clear to you, because you like and have invested in the language so much. A less invested "business person" will have a more objective view of which of the two (JS vs Elm) makes more business sense. |
Let this be a lesson to me.
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
(I don't even use Elm. Sheesh.)