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Re:Scala Native v0.1 by pjmlp on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:06AM (#13874341)
What is interesting is leaving the expressiveness behind of a language like Ruby or Python, for a bit of AOT compilation to native code.

I bet if something like RubyMotion wasn't a commercial product, the reality would be quite different.

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Re:Scala Native v0.1 by alehander42 on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:59AM (#13874532)
Crystal and Nim can be good alternatives, no type system sucks anyway
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Re:Scala Native v0.1 by pjmlp on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @04:10AM (#13874563)
I agree, but they lack the Google stamp, which is one reason for Go's adoption.
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