Talk:The JavaScript Problem

Goals

Comparison table

I have transferred most of the table from this[1] thread here into wiki markup. It needs to be completed and inserted. I think that links to subheads in this article or links to the websites of these projects would be excellent in the first column, so I will do that as soon as we decide where we shall link.

I left out the "approach" column because I think it is best we just link to a more thorough explanation, otherwise the table will become rather messy.

System	Lazy	FFI	Pure	Haskell syntax	Haskell type system	Performance	TCO	Demos	Easy Setup	Compression	Maintenance	FRP library	Client-side Libraries	Threads	Package support	Stdio	File IO	Tree Shaking	DOM
GHCJS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	good	full	some	no	poor	active	yes	few	yes	cabal	Hterm	text only		Native & JS
UHC	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	poor	full	some	moderate	very poor	active	yes	some	no	none
Haste	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	good	full	?	yes	decent	active	yes	few	no	none
Roy	✗	✗	?	✗	✗	?	?	few	yes	?	active	no	few	no	?
Elm	?	?	✓	✗	?	?	?	many	yes	good	active	yes	none	no	?
Fay	✓	✓	✓	✓*	✓*	good	limited	many	yes	strong	active	no	some	no	none

System	GHCJS	UHC	Haste	Roy	Elm	Fay
Lazy	✓	✓	✓	✗	?	✓
FFI	✓	✓	✓	✗	?	✓
Pure	✓	✓	✓	?	✓	✓
Haskell syntax	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓*
Haskell type system	✓	✓	✓	✗	?	✓*
Performance	good	poor	good	?	?	good
TCO	full	full	full	?	?	limited
Demos	some	some	?	few	many	many
Easy setup	no	moderate	yes	yes	yes	yes
Compression	poor	very poor	decent	?	good	strong
Maintenance	active	active	active	active	active	active
FRP library	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no
Client-side Libraries	few	some	few	few	none	some
Threads	yes	no	no	no	no	no
Package support	cabal	none	none	?	?	none
Stdio	Hterm	_	_	_	_	_
File IO	text only	_	_	_	_	_
tree shaking	_	_	_	_	_	_
forest shaking	_	_	_	_	_	_
DOM	native and Js	_	_	_	_	_
Finalizers	optional	_	_	_	_	_
Integer support	yes	_	_	_	_	_
Text & ByteString	yes	_	_	_	_	_
Exceptions	yes	_	_	_	_	_
Async Code Loading	yes	_	_	_	_	_
64bit support	yes	_	_	_	_	_