Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript
by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:48AM
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Those are runtimes primarily, not compilers/type checkers. Likewise, TSC is not a TS runtime.
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Well, of course. But TSC output (transpiled JS source code) is then run by a JS runtime like Node that has a VM like V8 that makes an internal representation for the JS code. Using Bun or Deno allows you to go to a VM IR from the TypeScript directly without a need for TSC transpilation.
But as @keturakis pointed out (thanks!), Deno/Bun still rely on TSC, which I was not aware of.
Bun doesn't even support a way to check types, just remove them.
> Note — Similar to other build tools, Bun does not typecheck the files. Use tsc (the official TypeScript CLI) if you're looking to catch static type errors.