Re:“I am literally losing sleep” over Java (1996)
by Mikeb85 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:59AM
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> "TS is just fancy JS" is like saying "Java is just fancy machine code"
Terrible analogy. TS doesn't compile to WASM or anything, it compiles to human-readable JS. Java doesn't compile to C++ or C. The JVM is an entire platform.
> More importantly, it's been an innovating force at the language and editor tooling levels for web developers worldwide.
MS has always been decent when it comes to tooling but there's nothing particularly innovative about TS.
Terrible analogy. TS doesn't compile to WASM or anything, it compiles to human-readable JS. Java doesn't compile to C++ or C. The JVM is an entire platform.
> More importantly, it's been an innovating force at the language and editor tooling levels for web developers worldwide.
MS has always been decent when it comes to tooling but there's nothing particularly innovative about TS.