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Those things (or at least the one of them whose source we actually have access to) are written in TypeScript. Why do you think Microsoft created the language?
by filleduchaos 8y ago
Those things (or at least the one of them whose source we actually have access to) are written in TypeScript. Why do you think Microsoft created the language?
Also they aren't exactly being rewritten in JS - the person who tweeted that later casually clarified that "well, actually" they're using JS as a sort of build system/integration over a still huge amount of native code.
- sodafountan 8y agoWhat's your point? Typescript is a superset of javascript, they're still using javascript. And yeah I saw the tweet and the response, it sounds to me more like they're building specific components of applications with javascript, not really build systems. It's almost like some of the best developers in the world like to use the right tool for the right job, and in many cases that tool appears to be javascript. FIRE THEM!
- filleduchaos 8y agoIt's rather hypocritical to argue that the lack of type safety is a feature not a bug and then turn around and claim TypeScript as a superset of JavaScript.