[CactusOnFire]

I don't want to claim I am an expert on different programming languages. I really wanted to supplant my JS use-cases with Elm, but the ecosystem is too closed for proper collaboration.

The biggest restriction on adoption is that the language is a gatekeeped brainchild of limited number of devs. They are inclined to build the language around use cases they want, instead of what people who use their language want.

They have effectively closed the gate to having other talented FOSS devs supercharge this language with features that allow it to run circles around other languages currently in production systems (mainly JS)

It's their right to do so if they wish, but it means that I can't consider this language in any serious capacity. It means the language lacks flexibility and reactivity to changing circumstances, and while it describes having a default library without extendible ecosystems as a "feature, not a bug", they've essentially put a ceiling on what is practical with their language in doing so.

I really wanted to like this language, but the more I learned about it, the more I felt disappointed over what could have been.