# Reasons that people were forced to move from Elm to something else?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/reasons-that-people-were-forced-to-move-from-elm-to-something-else/6390 "2020-10-11T14:02:51Z")\
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> [@mikechean](#):
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> seems to be moribund release wise?

Eh, why would you release a new version of the compiler if the old one is still working fine? Much of the action is in the libraries.

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