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Re:Strong arrows: a new approach to gradual typing by di4na on Thursday September 21, 2023 @09:45AM (#37597522)
Tbf. While more money to allows stability of people involved would help, it would not really speed it up that much.

Typescript had ms behind it and it still took a decade. At some point the engineering, experiments and learning take time and you can hardly speed it up with more ressources.

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Re:Strong arrows: a new approach to gradual typing by anonyfox on Thursday September 21, 2023 @10:35AM (#37598243)
Maybe more like different layers could do different strategies? I can't even imagine what could happen to the BEAM itself if there are the same amount of ressources put on it like in our modern JS engines that have come a loooong way. Its already an amazing piece of tech in itself, but I wonder what an army of experts could do ontop of it.
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Re:Strong arrows: a new approach to gradual typing by sodapopcan on Thursday September 21, 2023 @03:00PM (#37602362)
Then we might have NPM for the BEAM--Uber popularity isn't always a good thing. Don't get me wrong, though, I want Elixir to get more popular.
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