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		Spivak on Oct 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster... Isn't that TypeScript or more generically "type hints" in other languages? If all you care about is that your program is valid for some gradually increasing subset of your code at compile time then these work great.

nobodyandproud on Oct 22, 2024 | [–]

I was envisioning a system or some other compiled language, but you’re right. I overlooked Typescript and it indeed comes close.

bluGill on Oct 21, 2024 | [–]

i don't do javascript, but I know from experience adding const to c++ is impossible I expect the similar for types

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