Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript
by dagw on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @01:13PM
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Hejlsberg seemed quite negative when it came to cross platform AOT compiled C# in several comments he's made, hinting at problems with both performance and maturity on certain platforms.
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Projects like this are needed to improve C#'s cross platform AOT. Missed opportunity IMO.
Absolutely. Go is where it is because of the parent org's commitment to dogfooding it; strange that Microsoft is wasting this opportunity AND sending a negative message to .NET devs.
Sure, but this team's focus is on Typescript, not C# / cross-platform AOT; there's only so much time in a day. Others can pick it up I'm sure.
But I think it's also an indication that Typescript may be bigger and more important for Microsoft than C#/.NET is at this time. It's definitely much more used than C# is according to this non-representative survey of Stack Overflow (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology).