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0 pointspjmlp1y ago0 comments

Bootstraping compilers is a common activity and TypeScript is a nice language.

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“Nice” doesn’t mean “well suitable for writing a compiler in”. It’s strange to think that all languages should be equally good for writing all kinds of things, and choosing a web language for a non-web task is doubly strange.

nailer1y ago

Yep. I remember years ago when they celebrating getting the C# compiler working in C#.

atonse1y ago

That was the Roslyn project! Yes they were also excited that it would allow more devs to hook into the computer and also enhance it.

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eapriv1y ago

nailer1y ago

Yep. I remember years ago when they celebrating getting the C# compiler working in C#.

atonse1y ago

That was the Roslyn project! Yes they were also excited that it would allow more devs to hook into the computer and also enhance it.

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