If you have read my recent rant about programming languages, you'll know I've been quite interested in Gleam. Gleam is a functional language that targets BEAM, the Erlang VM,1 with a simple syntax and interoperability with the wider BEAM ecosystem (Erlang and Elixir). Interestingly, Gleam can also target JavaScript i.e., Gleam can be compiled into JavaScript and run through Node.js.
I've been mostly using Rust for hobby projects, which at the moment is the only language that really makes coding enjoyable for me, and Gleam has managed to scratch that itch too. If you're a Rust connaisseur, then Gleam will feel familiar to you, bar a few key differences. I feel like 80% of the code I write could be copy pasted to Rust (with a tinge of search-and-replace for syntax) and it'd compile.
