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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
Nick Lang
Nick Lang

Nicholas Lang is a security researcher at Sysdig, where he leads the team's offensive efforts. Nicholas works on offensive research and cryptocurrency analysis and most recently helped to research and write the cryptomining section of the 2022 Sysdig Cloud Native Threat Report. Prior to Sysdig, Nicholas worked at the boutique security research firm Narf Industries, working in both an offensive and defensive capacity for clients like DARPA and the NRL.