c/programming_languages · by TheCee@programming.dev · 2y

TypeScript is Surprisingly OK for Compilers

https://matklad.github.io/2023/08/17/typescript-is-surprisingly-ok-for-compilers.html

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6 Comments

hairyballs@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I've had the same experience with TS + deno. I always use that for prototyping, scrapping, etc. Great read.

nerdblood@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I haven't tried it with Deno. Is it less of a pain to get started with project s that use TS than node?

hairyballs@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You import from whatever packages you want, then you type your code. No need to create a whole project with a ton of shenanigans, a single file just works.

nerdblood@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

🤯 that's how it should be. I'm sick of shenanigans.

SourceOfMistypes@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y

I'm planning to try out langium so this plays into that quite well.

UFODivebomb@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y

"However, it’s one of the core properties of TypeScript that it doesn’t add any runtime behaviors. " I did not know that! Cool!