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Erasable types are good enough with source mapping. TypeScript workflows are fine. ECMAScript really doesn't need to absorb a TypeScript syntax. It's not necess

by mbf 5y ago

Erasable types are good enough with source mapping. TypeScript workflows are fine. ECMAScript really doesn't need to absorb a TypeScript syntax. It's not necessary to keep bloating the runtime with a feature only useful to the developer.

eminence32 5y ago
If the runtime is going to be fully ignoring these type annotations, what type of "bloat" are you worried about?
- windows2020 5y ago
  New syntax and concepts.
- xigoi 5y ago
  Larger file sizes.
- cphoover 5y ago
  larger downloads, larger syntax
  - Aldo_MX 5y ago
    type annotations would get removed during minification, downloads would be the same
    - cphoover 5y ago
      now we've gone full circle re-introducing a build chain.