I think some people at work who enjoy our elm front end were waiting for gleam to emerge as the typed alternative to elixir, with the ability to gradually migrate. Given that gleam doesn’t support calling macros, that feels like a dead end.
Assuming that we will remain happy with ecto and absinthe for a long time, what typed replacement should the elm enthusiasts be watching?
My best guesses are:
- an eventual elixir type system
- the polishing of rust libraries
- a full gleam ecosystem
I think ocaml and haskell either will not reach ecosystem feature complete or simplicity any time soon. Too much churn in node for people to get excited about typescript. No one likes scala, too many concepts. There might be some interest in f# depending on .net core direction.
My best guess is (2) is ready today and then (3) and (1) will emerge after a while, so maybe our elm enthusiasts should focus on (2).