Languages tend to be designed one of two ways: By committee or by BDFL (benevolent dictator for life). Elm is clearly the latter, and it’s hard to argue against that considering how well Elm has turned out under Evan’s watchful eye.
One unfortunate consequence of this is that there’s quite a few native browser functions that don’t have Elm-equivalent APIs, or there are Elm equivalents that feel incomplete (shameless plug).
There’s this conundrum as an Elm user who’s come to appreciate Evan’s design sensibilities. I find myself frustrated over the tight control of elm-package (in particular, restricting native modules from the community), or long-standing issues without even a comment. On the other hand, I understand why it’s this way; It just doesn’t prevent it from being a source of frustration.
Evan is only one person, and this is beginning to become a popular language with diverse needs. Are there any plans to address this?
I totally get the frustration, but basically I think this is the least bad option. We've tried various ways to accelerate this, and all the cures have ended up being worse than the symptoms.
That said, Evan moves much faster than TC39, so catching up seems more or less inevitable—just not as quickly as we'd all like. :)
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Languages tend to be designed one of two ways: By committee or by BDFL (benevolent dictator for life). Elm is clearly the latter, and it’s hard to argue against that considering how well Elm has turned out under Evan’s watchful eye.
One unfortunate consequence of this is that there’s quite a few native browser functions that don’t have Elm-equivalent APIs, or there are Elm equivalents that feel incomplete (shameless plug).
There’s this conundrum as an Elm user who’s come to appreciate Evan’s design sensibilities. I find myself frustrated over the tight control of elm-package (in particular, restricting native modules from the community), or long-standing issues without even a comment. On the other hand, I understand why it’s this way; It just doesn’t prevent it from being a source of frustration.
Evan is only one person, and this is beginning to become a popular language with diverse needs. Are there any plans to address this?
I totally get the frustration, but basically I think this is the least bad option. We've tried various ways to accelerate this, and all the cures have ended up being worse than the symptoms.
That said, Evan moves much faster than TC39, so catching up seems more or less inevitable—just not as quickly as we'd all like. :)