News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript. Parent comment

Re:Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript by tpm on Thursday July 25, 2024 @10:59AM (#41069472)
> as you point out it's not

so what's the difference except the name?

> if we start accepting static analysis tools

I'm not talking about static analysis. In today's Java you can write code that does not accept nulls, if you want to.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript by svieira on Thursday July 25, 2024 @12:22PM (#41070468)
You cannot write code that will fail to compile `theEntryMethod(null)` unless you only use primitive types. (You can, of course, make that method fail at runtime, but that's not what's being talked about here).
[ Parent | on HN ]