It's still there. `any`.

baq · on Nov 20, 2020

but you don't have to type it now! it's literally a revolution in developer efficiency!

...and all the older folks just keep pointing at lisp and shaking their heads.

recursive · on Nov 20, 2020

You don't have to type it in typescript either.

Just don't turn on the `noImplicitAny` compiler option. Yes, that's right. It's the default. https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#noImplicitAny

Shake away, lisp folks. If you can show me how to run lisp in a browser with tolerable performance and debugging, I might understand why you're shaking your heads.

trevyn · on Nov 21, 2020

I think the lints are on by default, though, so it'll compile but you still get warned.

cryptica · on Nov 20, 2020

That is ingenious! That would get me excited about TypeScript! Dynamic typing, no cumbersome transpilation step, no source mapping, 100% backward compatibility with JavaScript. That would be a dream come true.

We need a way to go back to JS without hurting the egos of TS community. It will require a massive marketing innovation to achieve this.

recursive · on Nov 20, 2020

As a member of "the TS community", I hereby authorize you to go back to JS. My ego remains un-damaged.

cryptica · on Nov 20, 2020

Thanks but I already took matters into my own hands and quit my last company which forced me to use TypeScript for several years.

Can you tell all the companies to stop obsessing about TypeScript and to allow developers to use JavaScript too? That would be awesome because now it's almost impossible to find a JavaScript job.

I'd rather get social security and live under a bridge than go back to TS. That would be a more productive use of my time.

recursive · on Nov 20, 2020

> Can you tell all the companies to stop obsessing about TypeScript and to allow developers to use JavaScript too?

I don't have that much influence. Most of those companies have come to their own conclusions.

At my company, the reason we wouldn't allow that is that it makes the codebase more difficult to approach for a new developer. Knowing the types accepted and returned is helpful for reading unfamiliar code.