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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
John Jainschigg
John Jainschigg

John Jainschigg is director of open source initiatives at Mirantis, and is a cloud engineer, software developer, content/product marketer and technology journalist. Before joining Mirantis, John developed immersive 3D virtual reality environments for Intel, IBM, Cisco, Siemens, Sun/Oracle and other clients. He was executive director of ZiffDavis Enterprise's Internet and Community Laboratory and online editor in chief of United Business Media's Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Development, among other award-winning, market-leading b2b technology titles in the software, IP networking and telecommunications markets.