JavaScript, and thus Typescript by extension, lived for many years without classes. The addition of classes is relatively recent. It stands to reason that class

JavaScript, and thus Typescript by extension, lived for many years without classes. The addition of classes is relatively recent. It stands to reason that classes are not heavily adopted since since a lot of the foundational work happened when classes were not even an option. In contrast, I cannot image being able to get far in Java without using classes. The concept of using classes is central to that language.