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In terms of mindshare, ecosystem, and real usage, it's a failure (when compared to popular languages). Regardless of how good a language it is, typescript fits
by TheDong 8y ago
In terms of mindshare, ecosystem, and real usage, it's a failure (when compared to popular languages).
Regardless of how good a language it is, typescript fits in a similar space and is much more popular, has a more vibrant ecosystem, and is easier to migrate to.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoOne thing that allowed TypeScript to succeed is that it was never proposed as a native browser language and was a transpiled language from the start. Once it came out that Google wanted to make Dart a native browser language where it would likely displace the warty Ecmascript, Eich immediately railed against it and said Mozilla wouldn't support it, limiting what could be done in Dart without resulting in code bloat during transpilation.
- BrendanEich 8y agoYes, I alone on my Skull Island stopped Dart! HAHAHAHA!!!! Google never sent me kickbacks to provide for foolish and doomed DartVM-in-Firefox work, so I laugh once again from Skull Island at such idiocy.