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Scala.js seems interesting, and I will look into it more. But if it is so nice, why hasn't it taken off like TypeScript?



Scala was traditionally a backend language (and has a bit of an image problem, and some genuine community politics troubles), and isn't so well known on the front end side. I do believe it's genuinely the best language going though.


I think a big part of TypeScript's success is because it's just "JavaScript with types".




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