> This is undoubtedly true, although if Gleam ever becomes as popular as JavaScript, there will almost inevitably be the same set of choices to be made for Gleam.
Huh? I don't think so at all, Go and Rust did this same thing (include great and easy to use tooling as part of the language), they are super popular now and the tooling is still great.
Go originally didn't include a great way to manage dependencies. That fortunately got fixed. I think my initial statement of it being inevitable was an exaggeration. My point was that I don't think you can fairly compare a new language with one that has existed for decades as if there's not a chance it will end up having similar problems.
Huh? I don't think so at all, Go and Rust did this same thing (include great and easy to use tooling as part of the language), they are super popular now and the tooling is still great.