Microsoft TypeScript: Can the father of C# save us from Javascript tyranny?

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-typescript-can-the-father-of-c-save-us-from-the-tyranny-of-javascript-7000005054/

by Floopsy • 14 years ago

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Floopsy• 14 years ago

Not 5 minutes ago, I published the following story on my blog: http://www.floopsy.com/post/32692569763/all-we-are-saying-is...

On my blog post, I mentioned a quote by Microsoft originally posted on Wikipedia. Here is the quote:

“Some examples, like Dart, portend that JavaScript has fundamental flaws and to support these scenarios requires a ‘clean break’ from JavaScript in both syntax and runtime. We disagree with this point of view.” - Microsoft’s JavaScript team

Just minutes after I publish my blog post, I read that Microsoft has released "TypeScript".

So, which is it, Microsoft Javascript Team? Ok to criticize Dart, though, right? Nevermind that Microsoft was working on its own Javascript alternative all along?

tree_of_item• 14 years ago

TypeScript doesn't contradict your quote. It isn't a "clean break" from JavaScript in syntax or runtime: it's a typed superset of JavaScript, unlike Dart which is a similar looking but fundamentally different language. Look at how cumbersome it is to interop with JavaScript from Dart.

In fact, it's closer to JavaScript than _CoffeeScript_, whose slogan is "it's just JavaScript".

TypeScript is what you'd expect from an organization who believes JavaScript is mostly good: a very conservative extension addressing some of the larger pain points (tooling and modularity).

Microsoft TypeScript: Can the father of C# save us from Javascript tyranny?

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