Despite being Turing complete[0], TypeScript itself is more like a linter with a special syntax than a complete programming language. Its compiler can only tra

Despite being Turing complete[0], TypeScript itself is more like a linter with a special syntax than a complete programming language. Its compiler can only transpile TypeScript into JavaScript code, and the language itself does not affect runtime behavior (with the exception of enums). [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/14833 https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/14833