I wish there were more stacks like Clojure/Script.
While I’m wishing, I’d love to have a modern ML with simple tooling, a good stdlib like Go (with a high performance http server baked in), and a good full stack story that doesn’t produce a 1MB “hello world”, and doesn’t require 1K dependencies. Does anyone know what the closest thing to this is these days?
Language itself could be described as a mix of OCaml, Scheme, and Lua. Currently working on the hygienic procedural macro system and system injection through algebraic effects.
"I don't like fruit — they are bitter and taste bad"
"Here's a kiwi: it's sweet and tastes great!"
"I think it's safe to say it'll probably remain niche forever. I wish I could get sweet fruit!"
I don't know about others, but I don't get paid for non-nicheness of tools I use (nor, incidentally, for the small size of my "hello world"). I get paid by users who use the software that I develop, and I choose tools that allow me to effectively deliver good quality software. So I guess my decision process might be slightly different — but overall I have no reason to complain, because I'm doing great so far :-)
I don't have anything close, but I would like the exact same thing. Especially since OCaml and F# both have JS compilers, you could easily have a fullstack app written with this language. I think your best bet might be either OCaml or F# these days if the ML part is the most important one, or Go if the rest is the most important part.