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Will JavaScript type annotations kill TypeScript?
The creators of Svelte and Turbo 8 both dropped TS recently saying that "it's not worth it".
Yes: If JavaScript gets type annotations then there's no reason for TypeScript to exist.
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No: TypeScript remains the best language for structuring large enterprise applications.
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TBD: The existing user base and its corpensource owner means that TypeScript isn’t likely to reach EOL without a putting up a fight.
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I hope they both die. I mean, if you really need strong types in the browser then you could leverage WASM and use a real programming language.
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I don’t know and I don’t care.
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AUTHOR PROFILE
Ajay Khanna
Ajay Khanna

Ajay Khanna is chief marketing officer at Mezmo. He has over 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry. He has a long track record of building marketing organizations, scaling high-growth companies, and bringing new products to the market. Previously, he led marketing organizations as CMO of Explorium and vice president marketing at Reltio. He holds an engineering degree from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and an MBA in marketing and finance from Santa Clara University.