[munificent]

> I honestly can't name any other ecosystem where you can just jump in and all these problems are already solved for you by the core project maintainers

I'm on the Dart team. We ship the SDK with a native VM, dart->js compiler, set of core libraries, package manager, and build system. There are canonical packages managed by the team for unittesting (using a Jasmine-style API) and logging.

I do have to admit the logging stuff isn't that baked, but the rest of the pieces are heavily used and have a lot of community-wide mindshare.

Not that I'm trying to steal any of Elixir's thunder here. I'm continually impressed by how polished everything they do looks. As someone who went through a language's 1.0 announcement, I really like how they clearly listed their compatibility expectations going forward.

[mjackson]

Hats off to you guys as well. That's a TON of work. :)

What % of Dart's development is sponsored by Google? Not trying to get a dig in at you guys, but it's also interesting to note that Elixir has come this far without the financial backing of one of the wealthiest tech companies in the world.

[untothebreach]

well, maybe not one of the wealthiest, but Platformatec[1] does (at the very least) sponsor José to work on Elixir.

1: http://plataformatec.com.br/

[andyl]

And with Elixir, there is no chance for a future 'runs best on Chrome' campaign, no chance that you'll be trapped in a corporate-controlled walled garden. Not that I'm trying to raise doubts about Dart. Jose and team have delivered one of the most amazing projects ever - look forward to using Elixir for years to come.

[skeeterbug]

Well Dart runs in a VM outside of Chrome now and could be compared to NodeJS in that regard.