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Anders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, and Dart

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What it is

A Channel 9 conversation recorded at GOTO 2012 between Anders Hejlsberg (TypeScript) and Lars Bak (Dart). They discuss the two languages and different approaches to making JavaScript development safer, including runtime type checking.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a rare side-by-side of the TypeScript and Dart designers, often to show how the two approaches to improving JavaScript differed.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Another really great video is Anders and Lars Bak around the time Typescript and Dart came out”

    Anders explains to Lars why TypeScript will win.

    okareaman, 2021-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Interview with Anders Hejlsberg on Delphi (1995)”

  2. “There is also a nice discussion about TypeScript and Dart here”

    Discussion comparing TypeScript and Dart.

    brodo, 2015-05 · Recommendation · in “Dart's Macro Language”

  3. “I always found this interview with both Typescript and Dart leads to be interesting.”

    Interesting interview showing Dart lead's frustration at TypeScript's rise.

    dundarious, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Flutter is the most popular cross-platform mobile SDK”

  4. “this is an informative video of a debate between the designer of TypeScript and the designer of the Dart VM”

    Informative debate between TypeScript and Dart VM designers.

    mwattsun, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Flutter is better than React Native in all the ways that don’t matter”

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Topics: typescript, dart, javascript, language design, type systems

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