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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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Charna Parkey
Charna Parkey

Charna Parkey is a real-time AI product and strategy leader at DataStax through the acquisition of Kaskada where she was most recently vice president of product. She is an experienced serial startup tech executive, product builder, engineer, speaker, writer, mentor and coach, leveraging over 17 years of experience to successfully bring several business-to-business AI/ML products to market.