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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by zigzag312 on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @02:05PM (#43335326)
Projects like this are needed to improve C#'s cross platform AOT. Missed opportunity IMO.
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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by ryanjshaw on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @03:39AM (#43340739)
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.
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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @05:02AM (#43341138)
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).

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