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fergie on Jan 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Is TypeScript worth it?

> I agree the TypeScript compiler's error messages are confusing but you should have see the types of stack traces JavaScript produces.

Non-transpiled js produces fairly sane and useful stack traces. Its just a shame that non-transpiled js is so rare these days.

goodoldneon on Jan 13, 2023 [–]

They might’ve meant the type errors, rather than runtime errors. TypeScript’s type errors can get flat out unreadable when you’re dealing with moderately complicated types. Even errors with generics can get ugly.

That said, I still love TypeScript

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