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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
Michael Tanenbaum
Michael Tanenbaum

Michael Tanenbaum is co-founder and CEO of Mycelial — the data backbone for high-impact, real-time AI/ML. Prior to Mycelial, he was Principal Solutions Engineer at Arrikto, where he co-led the on-premises SIG of the Kubeflow project. He joined Arrikto from Mesosphere/D2iQ, where he was Principal Solutions Engineer and head of the field AI/ML practice. Michael's work focuses on applying big data and AI/ML solutions in constrained environments — from undersea vessels to supersonic jets.