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I love TypeScript - it's my favorite precompiled language and I use it for a few personal projects of mine. But I can't help but feel it's an evolutionary dead
by pippy 11y ago
I love TypeScript - it's my favorite precompiled language and I use it for a few personal projects of mine. But I can't help but feel it's an evolutionary dead end. asm.js / web assembly is what you want transcompiled languages to target
- ybx 11y agoSomeone in Mozilla came up with a language called LLJS, that took full advantage of and compiled down to asm.js. It looked like it had some promise, since it wasn't nearly as heavy as emscripten, but I don't think much has happened with it since it was created.
- pippy 11y agoInteresting, I've only ever known about Emscripten based asm.js compilers. TypeScript + LLVM have the benefit of being actively developed with a strong community backing.
- moonchrome 11y agoAsmjs/webasm are orhogonal to TS - they even have to manually manage memory
- peteretep 11y agoI don't really understand your comment. What about Typescript precludes it from targetting web assembly or asm.js in the future?