# On programming languages, targets, and platforms

DevFeed: [On programming languages, targets, and platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-programming-languages-targets-and-platforms-18923.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.frankel.ch/programming-languages-targets-platforms/>)

Author: Nicolas Fränkel

Published: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Nicolas Fränkel](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nicolas-frankel.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Programming language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming-language.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multiplatform.md>), [Scala](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scala.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/languages.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multiplatform.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-languages.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [scala](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scala.md>)

## AI overview

A personal discussion of how programming languages have evolved from targeting a single compilation target and platform toward supporting multiple targets. It uses Scala.js as an example and mentions Kotlin and Clojure as other JVM-originated languages targeting JavaScript.

## Source excerpt

I started as a Java developer, but for some time now, I have broadened my horizons. Recently, I thought about how early languages were dedicated to a single target and platform, and now they are broadening their focus. In this post, I want to write down my thoughts in the hope that it may be useful to others, probably to my future self. Definitions You may have been wondering about the title terms.