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by Too 982 days ago
I like the feel of the syntax, short, concise, clear, powerful and understandable even on first read. Combining the best of all worlds together.

Is that enough to give up the ecosystem from any other more established language? Most likely no.

For this to take off, it needs seamless interop with some other more established language or it needs to have some other major unique selling point. Rust had borrow checker. Go had goroutines. Both backed by big companies btw. Just 10% better syntax or 10% faster speed, without an ecosystem behind, is not going to be enough to tip anyone over, except the curious hobbyist explorers.

Hopefully some ideas from here will spread to other mainstream languages.