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Languages with large ecosystems often develop interoperable languages. Scala, Clojure, F# and Typescript all benefit from compatible packages in the "primary" language. I think Rust will eventually see these too. What will they look

Dependency management in Go: https://research.swtch.com/vgo-principles There's a tradeoff between work for libraries (declare your minimum version/any incompatibilities) vs work for programs (investigate when dependencies aren't compatible). If programs are more common, should we empower them?

Maybe Not by Rich Hickey: https://youtu.be/YR5WdGrpoug Makes an interesting point on Maybe/Either: they require updating the call site, even for compatible changes! E.g. from returning a Maybe Foo to returning a Foo. Argues for *union* types.