Purerl - have you used it?

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@robashton
Thanks for chiming in on Erlang type system efforts

I was having a bit of trouble evangelizing Purerl because the status and maturity of the project is hard to discern from the github repos.

  1. The id3as repos are not linked on the Purerl repo. Some bindings (Ranch & Gun) are available only on id3as org. Would it be nice to have all the bindings listed on the Purerl repo so that someone weighing a shift would be encouraged by the availability of bindings for major libs ? It would also allow one to estimate how much effort needs to be put in to create new bindings and also prevent duplication of effort.
  2. There is a id3as/purescript-erl-stetson & purescript-erl-cowboy. Is there a recommendation on which one to use ?
  3. Are there any purerl libraries that have been published to hex ? How do you ensure versions of the underlying erlang deps and the bindings match ? Is there a case for pushing the erlang files generated by Purerl to hex ?
  4. Can you please share your thoughts on what could be done to get more folks to use it ? Roadmap ?
  5. I don’t necessarily see the dual compilation as a pain point but would you care to comment on the pain points one should expect while adopting purerl ? Would it be nice to put it up on the readme ?
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