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Re:The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won by yankput on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:15PM (#37695201)
> The Closure Compiler is so much more than just "JavaScript but with types". It also provides minification, provided a namespacing system, additional standard library and such.

That’s literally what the article is about if you read a few sentences more

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Re:The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won by capableweb on Thursday September 28, 2023 @06:24PM (#37696688)
Ok, maybe take that up with the article author that they're being inconsistent then?
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Re:The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won by arp242 on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:30AM (#37701674)
"Similar", not "exactly identical in every regard".
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