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Conversion to TypeScript has been going inside Google for a year at least. Angular team started to do slides in TypeScript about year ago.

What I do find annoying is the constant rebranding the teams in Google tries to do to TypeScript. Angular team called TypeScript + runtime typechecking a "AtScript". Now this document calls something of similar a "SoundScript".

Can't the Google just admit it's using TypeScript? Adding a runtime checking doesn't change the fact it's just a TypeScript.




> Can't the Google just admit it's using TypeScript?

What makes you think they haven't "admitted" it yet?

> AtScript is TypeScript: We’ve been collaborating with the TypeScript team on our proposed productivity [1]

They have been collaborating with Microsoft, and it's no secret[2]

1. http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2015/03/announcements-from-ng-...

2. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/typescript/archive/2015/03/05/angula...


It's good to know, it just didn't seem like that last year. I know that Hjelsberg went to meet Angular team after this lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b69vwMIphic&t=3928 (QA position 1:05:30)

As a little note about your references:

1. was posted 23 hours ago. 2. six days ago.

I'm actually not checking their plans daily.


It is absolutely not TypeScript. SoundScript is supposed to have a sound type system (one that can be the basis for optimizations). TypeScript was designed with an unsound type system.




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