Comment Yes, Javascript deserves better than Typescript (Score 1) 158
Typescript is another monolithic contribution to the browser by Microsoft - the same people who brought Silverlight, whatever UWP was. It's a massive investment and double-down on Javascript's current type system.
Typescript's massive type database is a massive technical debt that will prevent Javascript from ever evolving past it's ad-hoc type system.
Any relevant new version of Javascript should keep Javascript's "the best parts" and add a type checking system. The benefit to Typescript is not in the runtime or event the compiler. I use Typescript because it brings amazing tools to code editors.
Typescript's massive type database is a massive technical debt that will prevent Javascript from ever evolving past it's ad-hoc type system.
Any relevant new version of Javascript should keep Javascript's "the best parts" and add a type checking system. The benefit to Typescript is not in the runtime or event the compiler. I use Typescript because it brings amazing tools to code editors.