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Re:Yarn's Future – v2 and beyond by kimsk112 on Thursday January 24, 2019 @11:19AM (#18990008)
I recalled when Microsoft employees and MVPs denied when Silverlight was dying. :-( I think the TypeScript momentum is too strong now.
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Re:Yarn's Future – v2 and beyond by LaGrange on Thursday January 24, 2019 @04:47PM (#18993336)
I think Flow's in more direct trouble, but I wouldn't announce victory for TypeScript just yet. With wasm around the corner, things may (or may not, shrug) change significantly.
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Re:Yarn's Future – v2 and beyond by int_19h on Thursday January 24, 2019 @08:29PM (#18994740)
Even with wasm, much as I'm looking forward to the Great JS Purge personally, it's not going to happen anytime soon - too much existing code and devices. JS will remain necessary on the front-end for at least another decade, and probably beyond that. So TS will still be necessary to make the pill less bitter.
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