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"Shoutout for an interesting article in the Effective TypeScript blog  - The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won.

Love seeing these dives into how alternate tech stacks evolved over time, and what drew or repelled usage. 🧠

effectivetypescript.com/2023/09/27/c..."
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"Effective TypeScript › The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won"
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"This post looks at the Closure Compiler, Google's tool from the mid-2000s for adding types to JavaScript. It looks at how its focus on minification led to very different design choices than TypeScript..."
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