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Microsoft is porting the TS compiler to Go for a massive native speedup – amazing! But why not Rust / C# / etc? Here's Anders Hejlsberg explanation from his Wes Bos interview:

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Travis Fischer1 year ago

More details on the decision to port to Go: Michigan TS discussion w/ Anders Hejlsberg: GitHub discussion: Seems to make a lot of sense to me, aside from WASM being less interoperable w/ Go... thoughts?

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Just in Time1 year ago

@ahejlsberg @wesbos Sounds like a skill issue for me.

Scott Tolinski - Syntax.fm1 year ago

@ahejlsberg @wesbos Full interview here. Typescript Just Got 10x Faster

Cody Mullins1 year ago

@ahejlsberg @wesbos @grok summarize this video

Jonathan L Clark1 year ago

@ahejlsberg @wesbos It was the natural direction for them to "Go".

Emeka Orji1 year ago

@ahejlsberg @wesbos literally had a convo about RustScript (hypothetical) yesterday

Ganesh1 year ago

@ahejlsberg @wesbos I would have preferred swift over Go. Go is this midage cult who resist changes.

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