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> when you compare how TS was designed to how other languages were designed Is it safe to say that Microsoft has probably created/designed more programming lan
by tomnipotent 8y ago
> when you compare how TS was designed to how other languages were designed
Is it safe to say that Microsoft has probably created/designed more programming languages than any other company? I can think of a dozen off the top of my head...
- ygra 8y agoAnders Hejlsberg, the lead architect behind TypeScript has created C# and J++ at Microsoft, and Delphi and Turbo Pascal before. It's safe to say he has some experience in designing languages.
- alasdair_ 8y agoJ++ is one of the primary reasons I am so wary about using a Microsoft-invented language. "Embrace and extend" a well-used language with extra features (then make them only work well on Windows later) has always been a classic Microsoft strategy. If they could get away with it with Typescript, I'm sure they would try again.