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Some scary observations from the cURL maintainer about URL interoperability: https://github.com/bagder/docs/blob/master/URL-interop.md
(apparently browsers will happily convert http:\\ to http:// !)
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C : C++, Java : Scala/Kotlin, JS : TypeScript. There definitely seems to be space for languages that target the same platform.
AFAICS the success criteria are: great interoperability, similar toolset, similar syntax, and a more elaborate type system.
Are there counterexamples?
Scala.js looks exciting. It's rare to see compiled-to-JS langs with non-JS semantics but still allow interoperability with jQuery et al.