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Uhhh.. I hope Microsoft understands that JavaScript isn't popular because of language features or syntax, it's popular because of widespread browser support.
by dreamdu5t 14y ago
Uhhh.. I hope Microsoft understands that JavaScript isn't popular because of language features or syntax, it's popular because of widespread browser support.
- rcknight 14y agoThis compiles to javascript ... whats the problem?
- dudus 14y agoThe problem is that the main benefit is a misdirection (syntax similar to javascript), on top of that this doesn't add anything different than coffee script or Dart already does. This is a language without a proposal just to keep microsoft in the game. Since Google and Mozilla have a javascript alternative we need one too
- encoderer 14y agoOh, please. So because of Dart -- which isn't exactly storming the internet and converting developers -- this is some lame Microsoft me-too attempt? Look at the ecosystem! How many JS Frameworks? Variety is good.
- spicyj 14y agoMozilla has a JS alternative? I wish that http://www.rust-lang.org http://www.rust-lang.org compiled to JS but it doesn't.
- kenjackson 14y agoThis is very different than my understanding of coffee script and dart in that it is a superset of JS. This means you can incrementally make use of and learn it. MS came with a different approach. Rather than recreating the language of the web they asked how they van make it better.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoI'm pretty sure Anders Hejlsberg isn't a shill for corporate strategists.
- freehunter 14y agoFrom the TypeScript homepage: "Any browser. Any host. Any OS. Open Source. " This doesn't seem too different from CoffeeScript.