Comment by m12k

1 hour ago

The typescript team themselves rewrote the compiler in Go to get better use of coding agents.

They started that migration years ago. I don't remember them citing agentic coding as a reason. Do you have a source?

  • Not sure about the compiler but prominent users of llm agents (Mitchel Hashimoto, Armin Ronacher etc) has mentioned that Go gives better results for agentic coding.