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

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 25 July 2017 at 10:27:43 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> 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.

Well, most languages have little hope for traction :-). Traction 
comes predominantly from specific use cases, so it all depends on 
whether Google is going to push Dart as a cross platform 
programming language with flutter.io and how it is used 
internally at Google. I think they use it for their Google Ads 
software, so I guess it currently is quite important for them.

Anyhow, my point was more that Google's actual usage and needs 
might affect where Go 2 heads if we judge by Dart has evolved 
over time. I assume that the initial design of Go and Dart was 
more based on designe aesthetics, and that actual demand will 
drive the evolution if they are used extensively internally at 
Google...