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Closure probably fell out of vogue because it's excellent, but written in java.

• masklinn 10y ago
  Closure fell out of vogue because it's fairly heavy and seriously subsets javascript, which makes it convenient when you're compiling to javascript (from a very different language, not just augmenting/macroing it), but not when you're writing it by hand.
  • Bahamut 10y ago
    Something interesting is that I believe Google is working on a compiler that converts TypeScript to Closure, which would let you take advantage of the closure compiler while utilizing TS. That would be a very exciting development.
    • avtar 10y ago
      That's interesting. Are there any mailing list posts, issue links, etc. you're aware of that cover some details?
      • k__ 10y ago
        https://github.com/angular/tsickle https://github.com/angular/tsickle
• michaelbull 10y ago
  There's a JavaScript version available that has feature parity with the Java version. https://github.com/google/closure-compiler-js https://github.com/google/closure-compiler-js
  • merb 10y ago
    that's only a transpiled version of it: The Javascript version of the Closure-Compiler is transpiled by GWT from the Java source. For more details on the differences in behavior see the super sourced files in the main repo.
    • fnordsensei 10y ago
      Is that an issue?
      • lgas 10y ago
        No.
        • merb 10y ago
          (But it's slower ;))
          • cestith 10y ago
            Is that an issue? ;-)
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• ng12 10y ago
  Or because the only real build tool (Plovr) was maintained by a single guy and hasn't been updated in years.
  • cestith 10y ago
    I'm sure patches are welcome. Well volunteered!