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by wlesieutre 4384 days ago
On the backend maybe. Client side you're basically stuck with JavaScript and things that can be converted to JavaScript.
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Touche 4384 days ago
But "things that can be converted to JavaScript" includes a very diverse number of languages that are doing innovative things, like Elm for example.

Whereas with Android and iOS you have far less language choice.

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CmonDev 4384 days ago
The chain of [favourite language] -> [Java Script] -> [native code] is unnatural, there is an extra step nobody wants.

It's as if Oracle/Microsoft was saying "oh, you can use Java/C#" while simultaneously hypocritically making every effort to make bytecode/msil a mainstream stand-alone programming language of it's own.

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Touche 4384 days ago
The chain is irrelevant for users of the language, and despite your protest, many language designers are fine with the "extra step".

And again, you have to demonstrate that mobile platforms have good language choice in comparison to the web. So please talk about all of the language choice available on iOS and Android.

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