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singularity2001 • today at 6:30 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

   "the full platform"
there are more languages than ts though?

Acquisition of Apple Swift division incoming?

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tomashubelbauer • today at 6:33 PM

TypeScript is the most popular programming language on the most popular software hosting platform though, owning the best runtime for that seems like it would fit Pareto's rule well enough:

https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-...

gkoberger • today at 7:16 PM

I think there's a potential argument to be made that Anthropic isn't trying to make it easier to write TS code, but rather that their goal is a level higher and the average person wouldn't even know what "language" is running it (in the same way most TS devs don't need to care the many layers their TS code is compiled via).

giancarlostoro • today at 6:37 PM

According to a JetBrains dev survey (I forget the year) roughly 58% of devs deploy to the web. That's a big money pie right there.

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bigyabai • today at 6:37 PM

Why acquire Swift when you can write iOS apps in Typescript instead?

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