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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
Jay Runkel
Jay Runkel

Jay Runkel is a Distinguished Solutions Architect at MongoDB and has been working with Fortune 500 companies to architect enterprise solutions using NoSQL document databases for about 15 years. Before MongoDB, Runkel was a principal technologist at MarkLogic where he worked with financial services, medical and media organizations to develop operational systems for analytics and custom publishing. Runkel has also held various positions developing encryption asset management, automated underwriting, product information management and CRM solutions.