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Re:ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps by swsieber on Friday September 21, 2018 @01:12AM (#18037298)
I'd be interested in solving it, but not with Javascript.

I think it's less about engineering costs and more about dislike of javascript. Maybe even specifically javascript tooling and electron.

A big reason people want to standardize on javascript is because it is the runtime of the Web - I can't wait for Web assembly to get even better so we can standardize on something else.

Re:ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps by jtreminio on Saturday September 22, 2018 @10:51AM (#18046189)
Technically the source code in OP is Typescript.
Re:ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps by swsieber on Sunday September 23, 2018 @01:36AM (#18049559)
But technically all javascript is also valid typescript... OTOH you can set a strict mode (I think)