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Re:TypeScript is terrible for library developers by dvt on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @03:24PM (#32584485)
> The article (and ensuing discussion) are about _library_ code, which necessarily has types that are orders of magnitude more complex than application code (source: see some of the links in the article).

Are you somehow implying that C++ or Java don't have libraries? As a sidenote, React (and that entire ecosystem) is an architectural hellscape (see Vue for much more streamlined & cleaner code).

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Re:TypeScript is terrible for library developers by jcparkyn on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:38AM (#32589550)
No, I'm just saying the libraries in those languages tend to be designed differently, to accommodate the more limited type systems (but I don't use C++, so I'm sure templates can do a lot of things I'm not aware of).

I'm also not necessarily saying this is a good or bad thing overall, since it can so easily lead to extra complexity.

FWIW, I'd choose C#/Rust/Kotlin/etc over TS 100% of the time for projects that don't need to run in a browser.

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