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>> the simplicity and straightforwardness of TypeScript This is a bit of a headscratcher. TS is a kludgy attempt at adding type safety to a dynamically-typed a

• andrewstuart 3y ago
  Have you done much Ts programming? It’s SO easy. All programming languages should be this easy.
  • alpaca128 3y ago
    Easy != simple. I find it baffling how on one hand you like TypeScript for its "simplicity" while asking for a language with "the philosophy of zig in terms of simplicity". TypeScript has more than enough complexity even without the npm ecosystem.
  • ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
    Typescript is not only not easy. It is also slow and ugly. The 2 cardinal sins of a programming language.
    • lproven 3y ago
      [[Insert off-by-one error joke here]]