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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
Bill Zajac
Bill Zajac

Bill is a Sales Engineer addicted to performance. At his current company, Teridion, Bill is working with companies who have come to the realization that the internet was originally architected to be reliable, but not fast. He has a background in application and networking diagnostics and has worked with extremely large and ground-breaking organizations throughout his career. His current focus is finding a better more efficient way in delivering content, impossible using legacy technologies.