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Re:Why Elm? [pdf] by zeptomu on Monday May 08, 2017 @06:42PM (#14296302)
Typescript is a completely different language advocating different paradigms so they are not comparable.

However I have to agree with you that the lack of support for local time is pretty unfortunate.

Re:Why Elm? [pdf] by jshute on Monday May 08, 2017 @07:39PM (#14296567)
I've used both heavily. I think paradigm is the key word if you're thinking mind-expanding properties. While immutable types and combinators are less used in Typescript (you've got me there) you can certainly get 80% of the value of strong typing, and there are several variants of Virtual DOM support.

Elm's error messages and semantic versioning are still a class above anything else, though. Sad to see it rotting on the vine like this.

Re:Why Elm? [pdf] by StreamBright on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @03:40AM (#14298364)
In this thread Elm was compared to OCaml and Haskell, comaparing it to Typescript is really not that bad. :)