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Re:Single Page Applications using Rust by nine_k on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:27AM (#24128841)
One of the problems with Clojure is the same as with JS: it lacks a static typing system. It lets through a ton of bugs which the compiler normally catches, both trivial and nontrivial.

Yes, Typed Clojure addresses this problem somehow, as does Typescript.

But Elm, Rust, and the language formerly known as BuckleScript address the problem in a nicer and better-integrated way, to my mind.

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Re:Single Page Applications using Rust by peppery-idiot on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:01AM (#24130229)
I don't think anyone who uses Clojure in anger would put it on the same level as JavaScript when it comes to letting through a ton of runtime errors. The integrated tooling around editors, clojure.spec and the REPL is very good at curtailing the downsides of dynamic typing.
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