[OT] Re: strong typing for browser code [Was: D easily overlooked?]

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Mon, 2017-07-24 at 12:47 +0000, Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-
d wrote:
> 
[…]
> Interestingly Dart is now moving towards static typing, as many 
> of the current user Google users expect Java-like static 
> predictability. So, one thing is what the language designers 
> want, but maybe Google's own usage will take Go in another 
> direction as well.

There is little traction in a browser-focused language that doesn't
offer a massive USP over JavaScript/ECMAScript – typing is the only USP
over ES6 that has any chance really. Elm, Kotlin, Ceylon, etc. are
already populating the market. I suspect Dart will have little hope for
traction now.

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