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> Also, I’m not aware of any static typing add-ons for Lua I'd not cal TypeScript an addon to JS. It's a language that transpiles to JS (and so does CoffeScrip

by cies 2y ago

> Also, I’m not aware of any static typing add-ons for Lua I'd not cal TypeScript an addon to JS. It's a language that transpiles to JS (and so does CoffeScript, Elm, etc. etc.) There are many language projects that transpile to Lua: https://github.com/hengestone/lua-languages?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/hengestone/lua-languages?tab=readme-ov-fi...

_flux 2y ago
On the other hand, my understanding is that the transformations the TS compiler does to the code is just stripping annotations, so it's not unreasonable to call it an add-on.
- cies 2y ago
  Sure call it what you like. Just know that it's very different from a Firefox add-on.
  - avarun 2y ago
    It’s a strict superset
pansa2 2y ago
Thanks, there are many more there than I expected!