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Why are we transpiling Haskell to JavaScript

Hello, Habr! Today we will explain why we are writing a frontend in Haskell and compiling it to JavaScript. Generally speaking, this process is called transpilation:







Transpilation is the process of converting an X program into an equivalent Y program. Unlike compilation, X and Y are at roughly the same level of abstraction.







Why is transpilation needed?



In general, there are two main purposes of transpilation:







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