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lmkg on May 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: We Can Do Better Than SQL

This critique reminds me of Dart: A better JavaScript, that wasn't better-enough to be worth the transition.

I have the same concerns about the proposed language. Yes it's better, but is that enough? What's going to drive adoption?

izolate on May 10, 2019 [–]

Dart was better enough, as evidenced by the recent uptick of Typescript. Had it been released in 2019, I could envision a different story.

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