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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
Saiyam Pathak
Saiyam Pathak

Saiyam is the Director of Technical Evangelism at Civo, and focuses on defining the Civo cloud platform for simplifying Kubernetes and making it accessible for developers. Previously at Walmart Labs, Oracle and HP, Saiyam has worked on many facets of K8s including machine learning platform, scaling, multi-cloud, managed K8s services, and k8s documentation. He’s worked on implementing Rancher and InfluxDB in different organizations. When not coding, Saiyam works on contributing to the community by writing blogs and organizing local meetups for K8s, Rancher, and InfluxDB. He is also an InfluxAce, Traefik/Portainer and CNCF ambassador and can be reached on Twitter @saiyampathak.