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      More intuitive and type safe javascript
    • 105
      Type safe
    • 80
      JavaScript superset
    • 48
      The best AltJS ever
    • 27
      Best AltJS for BackEnd
    • 15
      Powerful type system, including generics & JS features
    • 11
      Compile time errors
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      Nice and seamless hybrid of static and dynamic typing
    • 10
      Aligned with ES development for compatibility
    • 7
      Angular
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      Structural, rather than nominal, subtyping
    • 5
      Starts and ends with JavaScript
    • 1
      Garbage collection

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      • 5
        Code may look heavy and confusing
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        Hype

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      What is AWK?

      A data-driven scripting language consisting of a set of actions to be taken against streams of textual data – either run directly on files or used as part of a pipeline – for purposes of extracting or transforming text, such as producing formatted reports.

      What is TypeScript?

      TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It's a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.

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