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fulafel
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Don't use functions as callbacks unless they're de...
I don't think we can excuse it by citing the nature of source-to-source compilers. Other languages like Haxe, Elm, ReasonML, ClojureScript etc that target JS don't suffer from this.
monstermachine
on Feb 6, 2021
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Unsound type system was a sacrifice made for easy migration from javascript.
Aeolun
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And wildly successful at that. At least I can use typescript with my existing codebase. Rewriting everything in haxe isn’t exactly appealing.
fulafel
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That may be for the static type system but you could still check and signal an error at runtime instead of silently ignoring it.
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