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by lpw25 4148 days ago
> the languages that compile to javascript are a poor substitute (bloated code sizes, interop issues, poor runtime performance, etc)

js_of_ocaml has good code size and performance in my experience. Interop with js is variable -- some js libraries are inherently typed and are easy to bind to in a well typed way, others use very dynamic typing and those are difficult to bind.