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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:40PM (#17304686)
Typescript doesn’t have much Hindley Milner in it since it has way too much sub typing (even if it’s all structural).
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by wtetzner on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @03:58PM (#17306421)
Too bad they didn't go with row types instead of structural sub-typing. Though that might not have matched with their goals of being able to type existing JavaScript. Not sure.
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Re:Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:21PM (#17306597)
Exactly. Going structural was purely to match JavaScript interop. Heck, even Dart went with nominal sub typing, it isn’t a very common choice fo an non-functional language.
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