alt Hacker NewsThen, why is JavaScript a compilation target? If you're not using it on the client-side, then why not stay exclusive to the BEAM?
Then, why is JavaScript a compilation target? If you're not using it on the client-side, then why not stay exclusive to the BEAM?
JavaScript is useful in lots of places, and even if one compile target is especially good for in-browser user interfaces that doesn't mean that language is specifically intended for user interface development.